, let's not forget the nfl owners who gave money to the campaign.orget how afraid the nfl owners seem to be of the president when he went after the players last year. i believe they are definitely pandering. i think this is that culture war conversation that we have been having for the last couple of years on this which is positioning the player as unpatriotic. runs counter to the nfl business model. but i think they believe that they can profit off of this. i think they sort of recognize that they have a leverage in terms of labor in pushing the players in this unpatriotic corner, making the public believe that they're not citizens. >> mike pence within hours of this announcement, he simply retweeted a story about it. #winning. i would assume even the nfl owners who wanted to make this decision would have begged the vice president, what are you doing? stop it. now you've just made the policy even harder to sell. >> that goes back to one of the things this whole book is about, chuck, you and i talked about this over the last couple of years, who get

. >> and he is criticizing the nfl's handling of this controversy. maria medina is live at levi stadium with the president's latest tweet, maria? >> well, guys, this is where it all began, colin took a knee during the national anthem during a preseason game in 2016, in may, the nfl issued a protest policy, thought the controversy would be over and we could go back to football. boy were they wrong. >> i think we are here, because the nfl continues to struggle to figure out how to get its arms around dealing with something so difficult. >> reporter: the nfl is already sidelining its new s been played, in may, the league announced teams would be fined if players did not stand during the national anthem. but, the policy left it up to teams to then decide how to punish their players to avoid that fine. sure enough, the miami dolphins classified anthem protest as a violation of conduct. which could lead to a paid or unpaid suspension, a fine, or both. that caused the nfl to put the policy on pause yesterday until further discussion. the nfl hope this polic

pas grievance and on the nfl's anthem policy. no new rules relating to the anthem will be issued or enforced for the next several weeks while these confidential discussions criticized the league at the time for leaving the players out of the discussions and leaving them out of the decision-making process. >> they don't want to see the protests anymore. they know it's bad for their bottom line. they want to control their players as laborers and that's what happened. >> reporter: -- allow players to sit or kneel during the anthem but it did allow players to stay in the locker room. the players union filed a grievance against the nfl which is also on hold during these discussions. now, the nfl preseason starts in just two weeks. another issue here is whether president trump will weigh in on this policy. he has tweeted over a dozen times about the anthem and nfl protests in the past. we haven't seen anything this morning. reporting live here in santa clara, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. >>> canada is ing ugh whencothe trump administrat

, let's not forget the nfl owners who gave mo into the campaign.he nfl owners seem to be of the president when he went after the players last year. i believe they are definitely pandering. i think this is that culture war conversation that we have been having for the last couple of years on this which is positioning the player as unpatriotic. runs counter to the nfl business model. i believe they can profit off this. i think they sort of recognize that they have a leverage in terms of labor in pushing the players in this unpatriot irk corner, making the public believe that they're not citizens. >> mike pence within hours of this announcement, he simply retweeted a story about it. #winning. i would assume even the nfl owners who wanted to make this decision would have begged the vice president, what are you doing? stop it. now you've just made the policy even harder to sell. >> that goes back to one of the things this whole book is about, chuck, you and i talked about this over the last couple of years, who gets to be american? are we using sports i

s grievance and on the nfl's anthem policy.o new rules relating to the anthem will be issued or enforced for the next several weeks while these confidential discussions are ongoing. the nfl took a lot of heat for not including the players association in these discussions. >> their job as an american company is to allow freedom of expression. sometimes freedom of expression might be something you don't like. the nfl rule passed in may by the owners didn't allow place to sit or kneel during the anthem. but it did allow players to stay in the locker room. another issue here is whether president trump will weigh in on this policy. he has tweeted over a dozen times about the anthem and nfl protests in the past. we haven't seen anything this morning. reporting live here in santa clara, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5 . >>> a new report is out this morning looking into whether the oakland police department is targeting african- americans. the mayor calls it unsettling. kpix 5's jackie ward reports. >>> reporter: good morning. so the city o

so help me, nfl. help me change. help me bring awareness. try to get this, this issue going in the right direction. and it's sad because the nfl does president know how to deal with it. i don't think they want to deal with it. they want to move on. >> let me bring you in and read something, dave, from the book you and michael bennett wrote. you write, at this point if you're being silent you're making a choice and taking a side. as nfl players we cannot be silent any more just because we have the ability to hide beneath the helmets. i can't hide beneath the shield. i can't hide beneath the glitz and fame. i'm going to be a black man in america long after i'm out of this league. there is too much in this country dragging down women and poor. we can't hide behind these gated communities. expand on the point your coauthor writes. >> michael bennett is a player of principle, like several players of principle who are in the league right now. one of the things they are all saying, it's two basic messages. the first is that we live in a country whe

generally, people cannot go from high school to the nfl. but with any other career, whether it is business or common name of business peer whether his fashion or whatever it is but with the nfl unido played on the collegiate level. my argument is, this is an incredibly cerebral game. and these people are so good at it that they are literally being handed something that costs probably close to $1 million when all is said and done to go to school. tell them to focus their energies elsewhere. my question is why would you focus all your energies on football? if you are talented enough to get a scholarship and appear particularly when you consider what you can be paid for playing in the nfl. if you turn out to be good your pay will dwarf that of your classmates. people say okay, but wait a second, very high percentage of college scholarships football players don't ever make the nfl. that's true but we don't criticize business majors for folks putting all their energy into business. even though the vast majority will never get a job at goldman sa

generally they can go from high school to the nfl but with any other career or name the business orfashion or anything like that you don't need a college degree but with the nfl you have to play at the collegiate level. so my argument is this is an incredibly cerebral game. they are so good at it they are literally handed something that cost probably close to $1 million to go to a school and telling them to focus their energies elsewhere? my response is why would he focus all of her energy on football? if you are talented enough to ride the scholarship consider what you could be paid to play in the nfl if you are good your pay will dwarf that of your classmates as some people say a very high percentage of scholarship players don't make it to the nfl. that's true but we don't criticize business majors even of the vast majority will never get a job at goldman sachs little interview there we don't criticize journalism or english majors for focusing on that even of the vast majority of much higher percentage will never write a book that anyone reads or work for the new york times but fo

last question for you, ethan, as the nfl and the nfl pa sit down over the next coming weeks, hopefullyrt of the new football season to come up with a solution, i appreciate your take that the previous stance might have been a nice elegant one to use your word, where do you think they can go from here? >> i think they will probably go back to that. you make a good point, this is the perfect time to be having this debate given that the league is not playing right now. i think they are going to try to find something that both respects kind of the political consciousness of the players -- players but also the national anthem. the other solution would be to play the national anthem without bringing the players out at all and do that instead. i think they will try to come up with something. this is not a good issue for the nfl, and they want the game to be about the game. eboni: i agree. it is certainly not a good look. and viewership was down of the nfl. revenues were up surprisingly from last year. all right. ethan, thank you very much for joining. >> my pleasure. mike: a day after violenc

if nfl needs to maintain that audience.gue wrapped itself in flag for many years, they regularly bring out military and use flag to celebrate well, and make viewers like they have a an afinnerty for nfl. yet time after time, players and owners are self sabotaging itself. liz: titan's casey said he will keep protesting, breaking news. we have a respect comin report i dolphins, saying if their player pros test on the field, you could be can be spended for 4 games, listen to titans players. >> i'm taking my fine, it is what it is, i'm not going to let it stop me from doing what i am going to do, it is what it going to be. liz: should players face suspension if they take a knee on the field? >> that is the nfl rule, yes. that is the thing they need it look for. this is employs of a business, the business calls the shot, this is not a free speech issue, this is not first amendment where business does not get to penalize them for their behavior, and if they feel the players are hurting bottom line, to generate revenue it is well

is the nfl dropped the ball again? charges the president too soft on russia, turns out they took an aggressive move tonight against vladimir putin, the $200 million military package for ukraine as it fights russian backed separatists. that will not sit well with russia. so much for being too cozy with the kremlin. audiotapes of payoffs to playmates, tweets about the nfl and nonlethal but valuable military obstetrician enemies, a busy night for the president and the administration. we are all over this, jonathan hunt has breaking news after speaking with a source close to the michael cohen camp. we begin with kristin fisher and how the president is putting a rough week behind him by doing his job and getting some stuff done. >> reporter: donald trump spending the weekend at his golf club in new jersey but before he got there he did something vladimir putin is not going to like, his defense department announced it will spend $200 million in military aid to ukraine, the country russia is illegally occupying. the move has

supposed to keep politics out of the game or or is nfl have to have politics in game.t happy about kaepernick doing it. the right wasn't happy with kaepernick on his knee, is the left supposed to be happy with this es divorcement? michael, what do you think, it's hypocritical? >> the central theme has been patriotism, they celebrate the nation, what colin kaepernick violated the rules of nfl, protested the country itself, the symbol of the country itself. this is very different when lebron james we wanted to campaign for barack obama, nobody said, it's fine, when vÍctor cruz appeared in campaign for barack obama and when the president of arizona cardinals writes a letter for old high school pal, by the way, a role that's nonpartisan independent judiciary role, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. heather: okay. >> democrats are backed into the a corner here. heather: chad, who's side do you take? >> i will be on the middle, yes, i agree that he's not doing it on game day, what he said, he came out and he said, what we ask players to stand up for the anthem 20 ti

adam sheff is paid very well-being an nfl insider. the most popular sport in the united states, paid for talking about what is happening in the u.s. what a time for capitalism, and jose andres, that's not -- have to go back to the '0 '70s. going to be a cook, that's. >> people and i'm -- what we have evolved into. passion for food, makes a career out of it. that first other. >> whether it's business or name a business, whether it's fashion, business, or anything like that, or writing the book you don't need a college degree to do that but with the nfl you need to have played on the collegiate level sort my argument is this is an incredibly cerebral game and these people are so good at it that they are literally being handed something that costs probably close to a million dollars when all is said and done to go to a school, and so we're telling them to focus their energies elsewhere? in my response is, why wouldn't you focus all of your energies on football if you're talented enough to rate a scholarship in it? particularly when you c

and hopefully the nfl and the nfl p.a.h a sensible policy. >> thank you very much for coming in. >> thank you for having me. >>> ahead in our next hour, we look at what may be the most consequential week of donald trump's presidency, the deadline to reunite migrant families, secretary of state facing lawmakers questions about that helsinki summit, and his former campaign chairman, paul manafort, readying to stand trial in virginia. we'll dive into all those stories. stay with us. i've been making blades here at gillette for 20 years. there's a lot of innovation that goes into making america's #1 shave. precision machinery and high-quality materials from around the world. nobody else even comes close. now starting at $7.99. gillette. the best a man can get. when heartburn hits... fight back fast with tums smoothies. it neutralizes stomach acid at the source. tum tum tum tum tums... smoothies... ...and introducing new tums sugar-free. the winter of '77.uring i first met james in 5th grade. we got married after college. and h

as the nfl dropped the ball yet again. and as for those charges the president is too soft on russia, it turns out his administration is taking an aggressive move against putin. that will not sit with russia. so much for being too cozy with the kremlin. audio tapes about payoffs to play mates. it's a busy night for the president and his entire administration. we're all over it. breaking news tonight after speaking with a source close to the camp just moments ago. the president is putting it roughly behind him by actually doing his job and getting stuff done. >> president trump is going to be spending the weekend at his golf club in new jersey. but before we got there, he did something that russian president putin is not going to like. the pentagon says the move has been in the works for months and that it's not tied to the helsinki summit. but today the secretary of defense asked congress to sign a waiver that would allow the u.s. to sell weapons to countries that also purchase arms from russia. the idea is to make sure tha

why is it only nfl players?ays who wants to support any team or player that has no respect for this country, not this household. jillian: keep you posted, thanks. rob: 1.4 billion gmail users could fall victim to hackers thanks to a loophole in the new gmail design. jillian: how to explain it, here is kurt the cyber guy. come on, another one? >> a good idea gone bad. google had this idea to send confidential email or information you would be able to set email, it would create a safe place on the server and put a link in the email. the problem is even though that expires so no one can forward it, a screen capture with the camera, sensitive data. the biggest problem is putting links inside of email is a no-no from any security expert on the planet. that is where phishing attacks happen where people put a link that looks very real but instead takes you to a very bad place and they will try to capture your credit card numbers or other personal information or sneak software onto your device. jillian: what can people

he's fired. >> and the nfl listened. this year they announced that any player on the field would be required to respectfully stand for our national anthem or face a serious fine. that is until this morning when the league and the player's union announced they're pulling the policy once priced by president trump an his supporters on hold while they talk things out. joining me right now, mike huckabee, host of "huckabee on tbn" saturday nights. good to have you here. you're not happy about this. this makes you angry. they were going in the right direction and fizzled. >> here's why, trish. how many people work for a boss and the employees tell the boss what to do? i've never seen this before ever. you have nfl players that tell the team owners, the bosses, that pay them amazing salaries that here's the way it's going to be. i just wonder who is running this? this is the inmates running in asylum or steroids. >> trish: roger goodell. >> roger goodell makes $40 million a year to run the nfl and he can't do it. >> trish: over

i certainly know a lot of these nfl people. i have covered them for years.not believe they have gotten themselves into this mess and when this was announced, poppy, in may, there was a torrent of criticism immediately about what are you doing here? the idea was to tamp it down. and instead, of course, it enflamed the whole situation because as a journalist if i'm at a game i'm looking to see who stayed in the locker room after the anthem and interview them afterwards. nfl took something basically dying just a non issue and had it go, you know, up to some incredible level of interest once again and so that happened in may. that to me would have been the moment where the nfl said, look at the reaction over 24, 48 hours. let's pull back right now. they waited two months. the nfl players association, the union filed a grievance and they should have been worked together and now it's come to a realization in may. >> remind people of why and how this started and who was at the crux of it because this was about fighting and being a voice for those who were not heard

the nfl and the players union putting out a joint statement.saying they will neither issue, nor enforce new rules related to the national anthem. now, there's a position and what a bunch of sorry son of a guns. the owners, because they made a rule and then just blew it up. they are apparently talking about a new policy, but then again what is a policy but something a little temporary, transitory in the minds of the leadership of the nfl, if you can call it that. joining us now, don giordano, philadelphia's whp is his home, tammy bruce, washington times columnist and fox business contributor, and she is home here with us. great to have you both. >> thanks, lou. lou: let's start with the nfl are, guys. tammy, what is goodell doing this time? >> you know, this is interesting. you've got the union really has been an issue here, of course, and it's not like americans have had an experience with unions destroying businesses before. ask everybody who used to work at hostess before that got destroyed. you're looking at, clearly, an industry that's fear

td ameritrade. ♪ >> brian: over the last 24 hours the nfl players union has fired back against the nfl'ss to stand for the national anthem or stay in the locker room. the players association just filed a grievance against the lake demanding they have a right to kneel, sit, or do something else -- protest, they want that right to be restored. jason whitlock cohost of speak for yourself joins us right now from fox sports 1 studios, is this going to help or hurt the leak? >> it's going to hurt the league and hurt the individual players as well in terms of their brand of nfl players. these guys don't seem to get it. theys are branding themselves as unpatriotic in a sport that since the 1960s has branded itself as uber patriotic. this is completely off brand and off the business model the nfl has established for itself and its players. it's bad business. if these guys want to protests, there are six other days in the week, there are 21 other hours on sunday for them to do that. when you're playing in the nfl, your goal should be to make as much money as humanly possible for playing a dangerou

well, a new nfl owner, one that you may know very well, but this is new news, a nfl owner saying hisnd for the national anthem, or else. stay with us. we have details next. trish: owner of the dallas cowboys, jerry jones says he have one on the team now must stand for the national anthem. watch. >> obviously wouldn't dare speak for any of the other owners much less in general about 31 other owners but as far as the dallas cowboys are concerned, you know where i stand. it's our position that we've always had a written policy in place. our policy is, that you stand at the anthem, toe on the line. trish: jerry jones, did go on to say he doesn't think president trump should be meddling in nfl affairs but is the president really meddling? you know perhaps he is just voicing his opinion, an opinion i would say most americans actually agree with. don't you want players to stand for the national anthem? isn't it a song that you should have a tremendous amount of pride in? don't you want to see when players are out there on the field, by the way, benefiting from all the opportunity that this

i want the head of the players union to pull the 1700 nfl players.ing the national anthem and want to continue this fight? i don't think it's the majority. and why is the union, are you out supporting what 100 or less players want as opposed to what the 15 or 1600 other players want done. they should not be a priority because there is not that many nfl players that want to see this happen. >> brian: if you are just talking hyperbole but the numbers don't lie. the average holocaust telecastt 14 million users this year. you are definitely chipping at the edges, my hope is they get together and, unified like the nba did years ago. thanks so much for staying up for us. >> thank you, brian. meanwhile, 9 minutes before we are done and tucker is back right after the break. increasingly people are having their lives are ruled by social media moms. greg gutfeld had something to say about that and i put that together. with advil liqui-gels, what bad shoulder? what headache? advil is relief that's fast strength that lasts you'll ask... what pain? with advil liq

another season of nfl anthem protests.em protests, it was adopted just two months ago in may. it came to a screeching halt overnight. the league and the nfl players' association issued a joint statement saying, quote: no new rules relating to the anthem will be issued or enforced for the next several weeks while these confidential discussions are ongoing. now, here's what happened. the miami dolphins came up with their, basically, penalty policy for players who protest. and here's another back story that's important. the nfl did not mandate across the board how the teams on their own can penalize their own players individually who protest on the field. in other words, they left it up to each team to decide their own penalties, and that's got the players apparently saying, wait a second, hold on. some penalties are more onerous in other teams. let's take it up with our political panel, fox news contributor deneen borelli and washington times contributor eric schiffer. these anthem protests began a year ago. it's taking the

he is looming large over what the nfl will or will not do. >>> target is offering a back-to-school special just for teachers. giving educators a 15% discount on school supplies in the move to help teachers to stock classrooms using their own money. nearly all public school teachers dip into their own pocket for supplies. education advocates are applauding the discount. the discount is the reason why you have seen so many walkouts across the country. the discount runs until tomorrow, teachers. >> nice move by target. >> other retailers should match it. i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. "new day" starts right now. have a wonderful weekend. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." it is friday, july 20th. we have breaking news. really troubling breaking news from overnight. at least 11 people confirmed dead near branson, missouri and there could be more after the boat sank in intense winds and thunderstorms. we have new footage of the tragedy which is troubling. y

nfl preseason kicks off in less than two weeks.thing the nfl wants heading into another season is for the anthem protest to just dominate the conversation. >> they thought they put it behind them. they have not, not at all. andy shoals, thank you so much. >>> a lot of news so let's get right to it. >>> good morning, everyone. welcome to your "new day." major news in washington overnight where things just keep getting more bizarre. twilight zone-ish bizarre. despite the backlash over monday's meeting in helsinki, president trump invitded the russian president vladimir putin to the white house this fall, perhaps around the midterm election day. >> but it seems not everyone got the memo about this invitation. the president's top intelligence chief dan coats found out about the invitation while he was on stage at a security conference. so watch this awkward moment. >> the white house has announced on twitter that vladimir putin is coming to the white house in the fall. >> say that again. >> you -- vladimir putin coming to the -- >> did

. >>> nfl players taking action againster that own league.y say a new policy mandating everyone stand near the national anthem infringes on their right. it started two years ago when colin kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem to protest police brutality. nfl team owners created a rule to stand during the anthem or face fines. today the nfl players union filed a formal complaint that says the policy doesn't line up with union agreements and infringes on players rights. the nfl has yet to comment. we'll be right back. hi! are you two getting along? oh, yeah, yeah. [ hiss ] [ gasps ] [ birds chirping] ♪ no matter what you are they're a perfect match. the new ipad and xfinity stream app. hey guys, i'm home! surprise! i got a puppy. add an ipad to select packages for just $5 a month for 24 months. upgrade online now. more hate crimes. and which minority group is >>> tonight at 6:00, a nearly 50% increase. the reason california is seeing more hate crimes and which minority group is being targeted the most. >>> before we go, jeff back with

the other thing, go after the nfl players. >> greg: he wants to deport nfl players?deport? no, he just wants to mock them and stir up his base. as a former cheerleader for the nfl, are you upset over trump's attack over nfl players? [laughter] at >> jesse: this is about the wall! >> emily: any policy that the nfl has about kneeling during the anthem. >> greg: how do you feel about trump destroying isis, juan? >> juan: i wish it was true. >> emily: is become a more polarized situation. but now they are sitting down in front of an independent arbiter coming to an agreement behind closed doors and that's all we need to focus on them. >> juan: is an eagles fan who hates the dallas cowboys, i heae hearing the convoy say we are america's team and we will be standing. a stunning number of millennials walking away from cushy jobs. they don't even have a backup plan. what is going on? the surprising reason for that straight ahead. if you're turning 65, you're probably learning about medicare and supplemental insurance. medicare is great, but it doesn't cover everything - only

the action the nfl took. >>'s life took on a different meaning.ew what the purpose was, got involved and became what he lived for. do the right thing. >> a 9/11 hero who risked his life at ground 0. how you can help the heroes who served beside him. janice dean here to share that story this morning. rob: a lot of folks here at the plasma where twisted sister d snyder is ready to rock the plasma for the all-american concert series. ♪ - in a crossfit gym, we're really engaged with who we are as people and making everybody feel welcome. ordering custom ink t-shirts has been a really smart decision for our business. - [narrator] custom ink has hundreds of products and free shipping. upload your logo or start your design today at customink.com. rob: the nfl puts the national anthem policy on hold as the miami dolphins threatened to suspend players for multiple games if they refuse to stand. jillian: jackie ibanez with the latest on this. >> reporter: the nfl anthem policy adopted in may coming to a screeching halt overnight, the nfl players association

the nfl started getting backlash. now the nfl instituted a new have to ere playe come on the field and stand for the anthem. the only other choice is to stay in the locker room. that's what the union is fighting against here.s ther a lot to this. we'll be covering it throughout the morning. later in the hour, we'll tell you why some playere accusing nfl owners of hypocrisy when it comes to keeping politics out of sports. live from fedex field, chris lawrence. >>> trchris, thank you. > we're learning more about a cyclist who was killed. he was in aesignated bike lane near dupont circle saturday afternoon. a delivery truck took turn on to a street and hit him. it's not clear whether the driver of the truck will face charges. >>> now to a story first on 4. we first told you about the issues with concrete on the next phase of metro's silver line a couple of months ago.pr the lem, the concreting holding up some structures isn't as durable as it needs to be. now the government and state of virginia are suing the company the

>> he has flare for days. >> nfl players head to camp this week.onal anthem protests are once again front and center. jerry joneselling his players they will not be staying in the locker room for the anthem. >> our policy is you stand for the anthem, toe the line. >> that is despiten off season agreement allowing players to remain in the locker room rather than face fines for kneeling on the policy has been temporarily suspended and ongoingti neions. >> president trump has long been outgoing about the issue even suggesting players who kneel should be fired. jones said the president's stance is troublesome for the league i >> hiserest in what we're doing is problematic from my chair, and i would say in general the owner's chair. everybody would like for it to go away. >> ban players believe there is room for activism in football. philadelphia eagles safety alcolm jenkins spoke exclusivitily with nbc news's leer holt about the issues as well as the nfl in general. >> malcolm jenkins will go the epdistance. >>ter: malcolm jenkins knows a good opening.

i think the nfl should get the message that, you know, the public doesn't want to go to these nfl gameshey don't want to be involved in politics. elizabeth: the players are saying, you know what? we still want to protest for what is happening with african-americans in this country, social justice issues. but you know what's interesting? they got in trouble for celebrating touchdowns and kneeling, they got in trouble for that, but we're still having kneeling there. there is a social justice aspect to this. can you take that on? >> let me first say that kneeling has absolutely nothing to do with social justice issue. it has nothing to do with the african-american community. that's been a flawed narrative that's been facilitated for the longest of of times by individus that want to create the divisiveness in the country. individuals that have benefited off that divisiveness. so that's not even a part of an intelligent argument of saying that, you know, the kneeling is something that that's appropriate for dealing with race-related issues in this country. and, quite frankly, i'm glad that p

." >> nfl's controversial ruling sidelined for now. the dolphin will suspend athletes who take a knee during the eman >> reporter: this morning the nfl calling a time out on its n controversational anthem protest policy. just two months ago the league's commissioner announcing players must stand for the anthem or remain in t locker room while performed. >> we want people to beec reul of the national anthem. we want people to stand. it's all personnel and make sure they treat this moment in a respectful fashion. >> reporter: overnight the nfl hitting the pause button issuing a joint statement with the players association that reads in rt, no new rules relating to the anthem will be issued or enforced while this confidential discussions are ongoing addingh ourd focus will remain on finding a solution to theis antm e through mutual good faith commitments outside of litigation. originally the league said if a player took a knee onhe field the team would be subject to the fi and the player's punishment would be left up to the team. >> there

stupid of the nfl. leland: where do you think this comes from? petrified of the owners? petrified of the far left protesting? as you point out a majority of the americans are on the side of the president, on the side of the flag. that's where they stand? >> the problem is they have the worst commissioner in the history of sport. they love roger goodell because he's a ferocious negotiator with the networks. nobody gets better contracts. he has no public relations skills. he should have nipped this in the bud and gone to the player's union, we're a business and you're our partners and it's going to knock down ratings and a year or two when we redo the contract, it will be less money for you. leland: and let's talk about the politics of this. this as you point out is a double-edged sword. for the democrats it's something they're getting behind, it's unpopular and the president seems to have an incredible knack of pushing the democrats to that point. >> well, he's got incredible instincts for what's going to sell and what isn't going to sell. he know

the nfl is halting that policy. and well again can't believe it isn't it in contract that players must stand at attention hand on heart , the $40 million commissioner must now make a stand. first time kneeling, out for a game second time kneeling out for season. no pay. so we just had on lou holt, of course coach at notre dame. pete and i spoke to him and what a man he is and here was his advice. >> you choose to kneel for the national anthem you're choosing not to play. it's that simple. that's your choice. what do you accomplish by kneeling for the national anthem except cause the fan base to go down, the tv viewing obviously to go down, the revenue to go down. now let's look at what you've accomplished by kneeling down during the national anthem, you're hurting the sport, you're hurting the future, you're hurting the revenue for other people coming um. pete: i can't believe the nfl can't figure this out. they had the whole off season to get it right abbey as you said their policy became if you don't want to stand

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the nfl is suspending rules regarding the new national anthem policy.ssed back in may from sitting or taking a knee if they on the sidelines. they were allowed to stay in the locker room if they wanted. late last night the league and players association agreed to stop enforcing the rules while the two sides worked on a resolution. he tried to raise awareness about police brutality and racial inequality. >>> a terrifying ordeal for a san jose man. this is outside the ocean super market tuesday night. police released the surveillance camera images of the suspect seen wearing a san jose hooded sweatshirt, glasses, gloves and bandanna across his face there. he took off in a silver or gold four-door sedan. >>> days after the meeting president trump has invited putin to washington. >> this caught everybody off guard. he would know all of the secrets there are to know. for instance the director of national intelligence cleared to the highest levels of secrets. dan coats was in the middle of telling him he didn't know what happened when he found out there will

nfl training camps are opening up all over the nfl. but a stunner, the news that tony sparano died this morning. found unresponsive at home by his wife. he just checked out of the hospital where he complained of chest pains. he was just 56. football camps, youth football. this one run by cj anderson. he made his pitch that strides have been made to make the game safer. >> someone can get the parents to see that and create a safer environment for the kids with the new equipment and things like that, that helps gets the kids. lot of these kids are playing video games and we understand that. so trying to get them to the camp with nfl players hopefully inspires him. >> that is what he is trying to do. trying to get the kids back to play the game. there is a youth football program, they can't get enough players to play by the july 31 deadline. it is an issue but camps like that are trying to rectify the situation. >> absolutely. >> they have space open at the camp in july? >> yes. space open. >> parents. >> they have enough coaches -- >> ye

everybody knew that when the fbi -- i mean the nfl -- >> same thing. >> when the nfl put this policy they did this and knew it wasn't going to work. now the individual team will put out punishment. they never talked to the player association. >> neil: what if the individual team wants to punish players? >> can they do it? they put a hold on everything. we're in talks with the nfl player as sosation and trying to decide what happens next. the nfl realized that they lost control of this situation this week when jerel casey said that he would pay the fine to protest. what they realize is that players are going to protest no matter what what means fans will be angry as well. people are going to be angry no matter what. the two sides that won't change their mind and the two sides are very emotional in their beliefs. >> here we are two years later, roger goodell doesn't have control over the issue. >> neil: it's a metaphor for what we just talked about in the first story. we cannot find any common ground. >> and they're linked to the game. putting rules in place that won't be followed. lik

liberty ♪ charles: the nfl fight over the anthem protest back in the spotlight.tooked a stand and said i never protest during anthem and i don't think it's the time or venue to do so. when you bring controversy to the game, it takes away from the joy football brings a lot of people. chad, a heck of a head shake. you may still be able to play. >> i'm long gone, 18 years retired, but thank you. charles: i was impressed with dak prescott. i know he will be facing some ugly things. other nfl players came out and dissed him enormously. this issue, this pastime we all loved. you go to the games and as long as you have got the right jersey, you could hang with anyone. it was like a refuge for society. now it's a place we go and we get angry at each other. >> it's hard for people to see someone who is not white say i don't think we should kneel. we should celebrate this country. and i applaud him for doing so. he's saying something that a lot of people are feeling, that are afraid to say. i think you will see teams. if the nfl doesn't do it, you will start to see a shift

the nfl has decided to postpone the start of that policy. the decision comes after the dolphins were criticized for saying player woulds be suspended to they kneeled during the anthem. its nfl said it wouldn't enforce punishments for several weeks. two months ago the nfl announced plans to fine the team ifs players don't stand while on the field during the anthem. the movement was started by collin kapernick. >>> some of the first showings of a new movie featuring the city of oakland are playing right now. the movie was filmed in oakland and it features some iconic landmarks. lee martinez is by the grand lakes theater with more on a surge of movies that have put oakland on the map. kwame. oakland has been the museum for several movies this year. it was the opening scene of black panther, it was in sorry to bother you and now in blind spotting. from what we hear it is almost like a character itself in the movie. it's a buddy film about two men who meant at berkeley. the two started writing it in 2009 after oscar grant was killed by a bart pol

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. >>> and my revealing conversations with an nfl superstar. some players have taken a knee, others have held up a clenched fist. has that held course? >> i think it's starting to shift. >> malcolm jenkins on making a difference by taking a stand. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening and welcome to our viewers in the west. the split between president trump and his one-time fixer slash lawyer couldn't be more glaring tonight after michael cohen's release of an audio recording he secretly made before the election. on the tape, trump appears to discuss a payoff to silence a playboy model to claimed an affair with him. does the tape spell new legal jeopardy for the president? our hallie jackson has details and reaction. >> reporter: outside and inside, shouts drawing smirks in the oval office with reporters pushing the president to talk about that tape between him and his former attorney. >> reporter: did michael cohen betray you? >> thank you very much. >> reporter: no response repeatedly. but on twitter, pre

. >>> the nfl and policies about the national anthem. strachan weather, another round of hot temperatures and land. there are a few changes you might like if you want cooler conditions. forecast is coming up. >>> we have new information about a 10th collapse at a military base in monterey county that injured 22 soldiers. it happened last night, south of big sur. two black hawk -- helicopters were taking part in a training exercise when it caused two large tents to come down. none of the injuries are serious. all the soldiers that were taken to the hospital have been released. it happened during a medical training exercise involving 8000 reserve soldiers. >>> kevin deli on campaigned in san francisco tonight. he had harsh words for president trump. >> we do not spout alternative fax. we stoking hatred and division. >> he is terming out of the state senate and calling for the impeachment of resident trump saying his actions at the summit with latimer putin amount to treason. last weekend kevin de leon won the endorsement of the democratic