i want to play the roger goodell sound here. nfl players basically almost seemed to challenge the league to say something more meaningful on this. in many ways, i think what they were looking for almost and they didn't say it but maybe also an apology and acknowledgment of what colin kaepernick did. verierful enough that roger goodell felt he had to respond. let me play the response and ask you guys if you think it was enough. >> we at the national football league condemn racism and systemic oppression of black people. we the national football league admit we were wrong to not listening to nfl players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peaceful protest. we the national football league

roger goodell said he is reach out to players on ways to move forward here.ge reversal and it's long overdo. what do you make of his statement? >> well, i will have to say that i am stunned at the commissioner actually said the words that he was sorry, however, it's still at the back of everybody's mind, no matter how many times he apologies, no matter how much money the nfl gives to various social justice causes, number one question remains, when will colin kaepernick be signed? period. and, to me, as long as that is lingering there, as long as there's no answer for that because that apology that roger goodell had colin kaepernick's name should have been mentioned and it wasn't. because this is the root of a lot of the backlash and why people can't take the nfl seriously when it comes to social justice issues. the person who spoke about it first, you abandoned him, you blackballed him from the league and now that it feels like the public tide is turning, suddenly you want to be about black lives matter. that is just a lot to take in. and it still looks quite

that roger goodell, as the leader, means what he says.be so tone deaf and then, all of a sudden, here's here now. >> well, i just -- i think it's about education as well. so, four years ago, kaepernick. he took a knee. and he got condemned for doing that. but he had -- he was pushing the cause. and i just think, over the course of the last few years, they really started to understand how black and brown people were being treated. how police brutality was -- was really hitting the black community, hard. and i just think now, this is an aakening. we're going to have a shift, in a sense that they are actually opening their eyes and accept the fact that we need to support their players and causes in the community. >> but what took so long? i think that's a perfectly legitimate question to ask. what took them so long? how could you not know? >> i don't know. sometimes it's hard to say. i can't democratic year spauspe. what we do here, we look at all the issues. mr. blank, he is a great owner and i know he really cares about his players. so he

roger goodell just said we were wrong. i wasn't expecting to hear that from him.shows the significance of the moment. everything we are going through as a nation, our culture right now, for roger goodell to make this, obviously he did this from his home. for him to do this, to feel the need to do it is a very dramatic statement, very dramatic move, it's correct, some might say, add my voice to this, wolf, it is a long time coming. colin kaepernick was kneeling during the national anthem, protesting the treatment of african-american men and social injustice. he was doing that in the summer of 2016, four years ago. the nfl could have embraced it then. obviously they didn't. they're embracing it now. it's a shame it took this long, it is a shame that colin kaepernick is not in the league to lead the way on this effort. i'm hopeful that the next statement will be announcing by a team that colin kaepernick has been signed. let's hope that happens next. >> let's see if that happens. i suspect if there's an envelnf season coming, there will be more of that on the field a

national anthem, aiming his criticism at commissioner roger goodell. the president tweeted late last night, "could it be even remotely possible that in roger goodell's rather interesting statement of peace and reconciliation, he was intimating that it would now be okay for the players to kneel or not to stand for the national anthem, thereby disrespecting our country and our flag?"

the statement of roger goodell is a statement of sincerity and clarity.y and clarity of the statement didn't obviate and eliminate the need for action. meaning, where you have a league, where at least 1,000 players are african-american and statistically speaking one out of 1,000 black men will be killed at the hands of police. they're mostly young. police homicide being the sixth leading cause of death among young black men action is necessary -- >> what is that action? what's the concrete action that donte stallworth talked about? the action you're talking about that roger goodell should be challenged to take on? >> hire collin kaepernick. collin kaepernick, as a symbol of nfl players being able to speak freely, clearly, and speak to the moment is incredibly important. you can't apologize for failing to speak in the past, protest in the past, and not hire the person who led the protest in the past and is leading protests in the present. this speaks to the future of the nfl, namely young nfl fans and future nfl fans stand with collin kaepernick and not ro

i have known roger goodell a long time. together, he on the padpr side and me as journalist. these are things he cares about. people criticize him all the time but can see him watching what's going on, listening to his players, like he said, if there are no black players, there is no national football league, he knows that and means it. would have loved to see him apologize to colin kaepernick or say something about kaepernick, maybe that's another day. but nfl has gone out in big way and i'm sure one of their biggest fans donald trump is not happy about it. >> would the owners have to agree to him saying that? >> usually owners would have to agree or goodell does what they want. i don't know. at least ten nfl owners have given to donald trump's campaign, big supporters, including jerry jones with the cowboys, dan snyder here in washington, i'm going to guess some of them are not entirely pleased about this either because they're trump guys and have not signed colin kaepernick, no one has. and they definitely put their mone

he does not wa nt to roger goodell does... he does not want to stand in the way of that.stors in the australian state of new south wales have won a last—minute appeal against a court order that tried to stop them from taking to the streets. demonstrators have focused on the treatment of indigenous australians. prime minister scott morrison warned that protests risked undoing the progress made in fighting coronavirus. a warning: shaimaa khalil‘s report contains some distressing images. black lives matter! a day of high tempers and high spirits for protesters in central sydney. politicians had urged them to stay away, fearing another wave of covid—19. i say to them, don't go. not because you shouldn't express your view. find another way to express your view. but that didn't stop them. i'm an aboriginal woman so it's a subject very close to my heart, and it'sjust so nice to see people from all creeds come together for this. i don't want to be a white person who sits by and does nothing, so that's why i'm here today. in the past three decades, more than 400 indigenous austral

roger goodell being the latest example. but also, look.s a couple of ongoing, real shames in the nfl right now. one is that there's not a single african-american owner of the 32. the some one non-white owner is the owner of the jacksonville jaguars, chad khan, who is from spak t pakistan. there are three african-american coaches, which is a downward trend. and that is somewhat out of roger goodell's control, but these are businessmen. they're almost all billionaires. the people who own these teams. they are bottom line guys. many are trump supporters. many are republicans. the fan base at least three years ago of the nfl was predominantly republican. there is a big market for that is at work here. the question is, has the market changed. has the conversation changed? and i think if along with it, again, in a very passive way have the hearts and mind of the people who run the league changed? you can be very cynical and i, you know, it may be good business to get behind some of these causes right now, but i think in general, you sort of look

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it followed roger goodell's response in a video calling for an end to racism. goodell admitted the league was wrong in not listening to players sooner and encouraged players to peacefully protest. trump sounded off saying. this could it be remotely possible that he was intimating it would not be okay for players to kneel or not to stand for the "national anthem," thereby disrespecting our country and our flag. the president also took issue with the statement of drew brees over the quarterback's apology after drawing criticism last week for reiterating his 2017 stance that kneeling during the "national anthem" amounts to disrespect for america and its troops. trump wrote this, that despite being a big fan of brees, the quarterback should not have taken back his original stance on honoring the flag. that response prompted brees to definitively abandon his earlier viewpoint writing in an instagram post addressed to the president on friday, quote, this, i realize this is not an issue about the american flag. it never has been. we can no longer use the flag to turn p

and i agree that i do think roger goodell cares about these issues., when we look internally into the nfl, and we just watched the nfl draft. we saw on our screens where there weren't very many blacks in sea level positions. much less, ownership. there is three head coaches that are black. how do we address those issues in the nfl? that's where the proof comes. that's where the action comes, is by addressing the nepotism problem that i believe it still exists in the nfl. that's where i think we can take this statement, great statement, we applaud it. whether it was out of pressure of players which, again, i applaud our players for leading this. now, let's go to the next step in action and let's see the proof when we look at nfl clubs now moving forward. >> and former teammate drew brees said he'd never agree with nfl players who knelt during the national anthem. he since apologized for saying that. do you accept that apology? >> of course. of course. i know drew. it's no secret. i played with drew for several years. love him and his family. i think th

do you anticipate any fall-out for roger goodell? a lot of fall-out unfortunately. i'm praying this nation comes together. this is the start of a lot of division. once the nfl season starts and players kneel, you'll see folks become divided again. that's because you know, we're looking at symbolisms and id idoltry and not focusing on god. we'll heal this land holding hands. not by using symbolisms to divide us. we have to get through this. i said this to you before. we're watching a lot of people make comments going against the bible, going against the fear of god, they're talking about taking away police officers. well, that's just not what the word says. romance 3 and 31 says that we uphold the law. it's very clear. so i think we need to start getting back to the words that we can rightly divide the word of truth and understand what really is going to take to fight this evil enemy of racism and divide and oppression. god asked us to serve our neighbors, not pick divisive topics. it's un-american. >> harris: it's interesting. people

tonight, the commissioner of the nfl, roger goodell, admitting the league was wrong for not listening to players, peacefully protesting racism. he says the nfl believes black lives matter. something we haven't heard president trump say. but at an event tonight, touting job numbers, the president brought up george floyd. >> hopefully, george is looking down right now and saying this a great thing that's happening right now for our country. there's a great day for him. it's a great day for everybody. this is a great, great day, in terms of equality. >> a great day in terms of equality? what is he talking about? the president was also asked about systemic racism. here is how he handled that. >> mr. president, why haven't you laid out a plan for racism? >> i'd like to sign this bill. this is very different. and, by the way, what's happened to our country and what you now see, it's been happening, is the greatest thing that can happen for race relations. for the african-american community. for the asian-americans. for the hispanic-americans. >> what's your plan? >> because our country is s

nfl commissioner roger goodell admitting the league was wrong in handling peaceful protests by players. the most notable colin kaepernick who had been taking a knee during the national anthem. goodell did not mention him by anymore. we'll talk to a former nfl player about whether this move will satisfy the players. >>> first let's get to breaking news. unrelenting protests across the country. police responding with projectiles and protests. demonstrators took to the streets in large numbers yesterday. many protests lasting late into the night. >> the demonstrations were mostly peaceful like this one in downtown los angeles. here's another one that allowed protesters demanding change to make their case right outside lapd headquarters. but a similar scene, peaceful scene i should point out. at a large protest in portland, oregon. it turned ugly at some point when projectiles started flying including flash grenades that sent people scrambling to safety. then there was this. >> back up. >> back up. >> that's it. >> thank you. >> walking on the sidewalk. >> i don't know if you heard that pe

the president yesterday tweeted to commissioner roger goodell in a new video goodell says that he supportslack lives matter and kneeling during the national anthem. the president says, quote, it could be even remotely possible that in roger goodell's rather interests statement of peace and reconciliation he was intimating that it would be now be okay for players to kneel or not to stand for the national anthem thereby disrespecting our country and our flag. end quote. you may remember back in 2016 president trump waded deep into the middle of the kneeling controversy initiated by colin kaepernick calling -- protesting players s.o.b.s. at that point numerous players began kneeling. >>> principe's estate is releasg a new video. ♪ enough is enough >> the video shows the protests that mirror the protests going on today across the country. the song was originally on the album "hit-and-run" and shared a handwritten note from prince which reads nothing more ugly in the whole wide world than intolerance. black, white, red, yellow, boy and girl intolerance. >>> ready to reopen. next, a live report

facility to do it peacefully and over all the city to the government forces and it fell commissioner roger goodell has apologized for the way the us football league has handled players' protests against police brutality following the death of george floyd goodell says the league was wrong for not listening to black players concerns and will now encourage peaceful protests against racism a number of us police departments are changing their tactics in the wake of florrie's death new york state and the city of minneapolis have moved to implement reforms including a ban on police chokeholds blacklist matter protests have been taking place across australia thousands have gathered in sydney where all the nies is won an 11th hour appeal to hold a demonstration lead in a rally had been banned because of cold in $1000.00 restrictions france says it's killed the leader of al qaeda in north africa the french defense minister says abdel malik drop dead died in an operation on thursday in northwestern mali several people from his in a circle were also killed there absolutely the headlines on al-jazeera as alwa

tell us the significance of this. >> that's exactly what roger goodell was saying.t statement, wrote a column and said i think that's exactly what it means, roger goodell is basically saying i will protest with you. i don't know what that looks like, if we have football in the fall but i believe that's what roger goodell is saying. he is understanding the will of his players, alisyn, it was a great video put out right before the day before goodell came out and the players including patrick mahomes and others saying we need to hear the nfl say these things and goodell did it. so he's listening to his players and donald trump i guess is listening to his base, i don't know, but keep in mind also that as this has been playing out, so has another little story that hasn't been so little, drew brees a quarterback from new orleans saints who was talking about a few days earlier standing, the pride of standing for the national anthem met with criticism and he changed his position, did a complete 180 and even put a message out to the president saying this is not about the nat

and, even though roger goodell, in not supporting kaepernick as much. are trump supporters. many of them gave to his campaign. and none of them -- notice none of them have made a statement, now, you could interpret that as maybe they have left it to roger goodell. but i don't see it that way. i still they are as dug in as they were before and perhaps they're not saying anything because, frankly, they don't want to answer the question about why colin kaepernick isn't in the national football league. >> where do you think this goes from here? we learned tonight the university of iowa has put strength and conditioning coach chris doyle on leave after the players accused him of racially-motivated mistreatment. doyle is the highest-paid coach in football. his salary is about $800,000. but what is your sense about where sports might be going, from here, in terms of dealing with these social issues? >> i think you're going to see a lot of athletes, collegiate, as well as professional, who feel very empowered in this moment. they know right now, while public su

what changed for roger goodell? of things changed starting with the shift in public opinion and how throughout these protests, what's happened in the last few months, with brianna taylor, ahmaud arbery, and certainly now george floyd, that there have been considerable people who have looked at what colin kaepernick was protesting for in 2016 and finally having to admit he was right. so there's been a dramatic shift in public opinion and also as the reports have come out that inside the nfl's own building many of the black employees have brought this to roger goodell's attention and essentially started their own rally from inside by having the nfl social media team deciding to put out a video where nfl superstars were speaking to some of the things roger goodell was. he couldn't ignore this any longer. and while i am just as stunned to see the commissioner apologize the person who really deserves an apology is colin kaepernick because the league left him out to dry because of what the president said about them, becau

thank you, josh. >>> so not everyone is impressed by roger goodell's video where he finally said black lives matter. my next guest said it was, quote, almost like a slap in the face. what does he have to say about goodell now encouraging a team to sign colin kaepernick? that is what i want to know. michael bennett is an nfl player and he is next. are you sick and tired of lookingand feeling heavy? probioslim promotes healthy digestion and helps you lose weight. patented probiotics ease constipation, gas, and bloating, while powerful egcg burns fat and calories. unleash your potential with probioslim, the #1 probiotic fat burner at walmart. i got this mountain bike for only $11. dealdash.com, the fair and honest bidding site. an ipad worth $505, was sold for less than $24; a playstation 4 for less than $16; and a schultz 4k television for less than $2. i won these bluetooth headphones for $20. i got these three suitcases for less than $40. and shipping is always free. go to dealdash.com right now and see how much you can save. >>> here is our breaking news, the nfl commissioner roger go

thank you, josh. >>> so not everyone is impressed by roger goodell's video where he finally said black lives matter. my next guest said it was, quote, almost like a slap in the face. what does he have to say about goodell now encouraging a team to sign colin kaepernick? that is what i want to know. michael bennett is an nfl player and he is next. complicated, a lot goes through your mind. with fidelity wealth management, your dedicated adviser can give you straightforward advice and tailored recommendations. that's the clarity you get with fidelity wealth management. it's like walking into the chocolate factory and you won a golden ticket. all of these are face masks. this looks like a bottle of vodka. but when we first got these, we were like whoa! [laughing] my three-year-old, when we get a box delivered, screams "mommy's work!" mommy's work. with this pandemic, safety is even more important to make sure we go home safe every single day. at mercedes-benz, nothingtant tservice will do.-class that's why we're expanding your range of choices. many dealers now offer optional pick-up & de

apologizes nearly four years since colin kaepernick took a knee in protest, roger goodell says the league was wrong. and tonight, what drew brees is saying to president trump. tracking crifs ball: we'll have the latest on when and where the tropical storm is expected to hit. and finally tonight, finding expression through crisis. artists turn sheets of plywood into canvases of inson >>his is a special edition of the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell reporting from the nation's capital. >> o'donnell: good evening. and thank you for joining us for a special saturday broadcast. we are going to begin with tens of thousands of americans marching tonight in cities across the country, calling for change in the wake of george floyd's death. here in washington tonight, the streets around the white house are packed as day-long prostevao what could be one of the largest demonstrations against police brutality in this country's history. the scene was much the same in philadelphia today, where thousands carried signs and called out george floyd's name. at the same time today, in north carolina,

people, the companies are saying we can't be nonracist any more and we have to fight racism and roger goodellnd the nfl has decided to join the fight. >> and what does this mean? because goodell encourages players to speak out and peacefully protest, do you think we'll see players being allowed to take a knee this season? >> not only will we see players take a knee this season, we'll not see this conversation die at all. and in large part because of president trump. and his penchant for going after the nfl as he did recently going after roger goodell. when you think about the fact that presumptive nominee joe biden and he will be on stage are kneeling at the the season and as you're heading toward a november election, we could anticipate hearing a lot of rhetoric from both sides, nonstop and the visual of players protests nonstop and it is incumbent on us not to be distracted but remember why they're protesting in the first place and that is against criminal justice those things have to stay focused and not be distracted by rhetoric debates and things of that nature. >> you mentioned companie

. >> colin kaepernick scored endorsement from nfl commissioner roger goodell. what it means for the quarterback's future. "fox and friends first" starts right now. >> a very good morning to you, you're watching "fox and friends first" on this tuesday morning. jillian: thank you for starting the day with us. todd: we start with a fox news alert, chaos breaking out in the streets of portland, oregon police making several arrests, rioters are throwing rocks and other objects that officers citing -- setting trash on fire, even letting a store. >> one officer was reportedly taken to the hospital after being hit in the head with a large rock, police are ordering people to leave the downtown area or be arrested. we will keep you updated with new information. we have another fox news alert, law enforcement officials say three new york city police officers are hospitalized after drinking milkshakes allegedly spiked with a toxic substance from shake shack. >> jackie ibanez joins us with the urgent warning from the police union to all officers. >> three nypd police office

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a video by a black football players prompted roger goodell's u. turn now there are calls for him to apologize directly to collin kapur next who kicked off the empty race's protests protest back in 2016. i'm all use of welcome to the program as outrageous spreads over the killing of george floyd in the u.s. protesters have taken to the streets around the world thousands of demonstrators gathered in london to protest against racism and discrimination despite calls from politicians not to defy the lockdown there because of the covert 1000. and one of those major. european protests this year in berlin that's where political correspondent emmanuel shahs is and thanks for joining us can you tell us what's going on there. well as you can see i'm you're here at part of people are gathered at times on and 500 people were expected maybe it's much more right now here in delhi not excited up lads you know here in germany more to 1000000 people are black german center there's been a lot of anger a lot of 1st trace shows following george floyd's death into us n

now here he is threatening roger goodell. >> yeah. it is interesting to see. is that that, what you said, stephanie, has been lost among the entire conversation the last three years. everybody talks about kneeling is disrespectful and all this, they don't talk about where he got the idea, who suggested that to him, whose leadership he sought out to actually come up with the way to become, to not be seen as disrespectful. in this country for far too many americans, police brutality has been an abstract concept, for far too many others it has been a stark reality. so players have known that, we have grown up in these communities, have friends and families that grew up in communities where police brutality is the norm or they experienced it firsthand at some point. for the president to come in and divide, make a culture war, try to divide everyone, but i think a lot of people did a good job trying to get away from that issue, although the president has the executive branch behind him where there are a lot of other things he can do, where he went to other countrie

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show it is not no it is not a legal battle it's called doing the right thing agree and snyder roger goodell and the players of the n.f.l. need to do the right thing i don't care about legality here so it's nothing to do with like galaxy do the right thing. i know i got a new knee so i got a new name for him steve steve i've got a new name how about the washington crooks we could name a monster all our politicians say that would be very fitting that would especially during these times that rob and the american flag and other. but again and i'm a fan of the n.f.l. i'm a fan of the players but this just sticks in my craw because i've march multiple times nobody listens it's like pounding your head against a wall and you'd think of all people the african-american players would speak out on this refused to put i'll tell you this steve if i was a young player if i was chase young from ohio state i would have come out and said i will not play for that team tell they change their name otherwise some other team draft me that's how passionate i am on this yet and that's understandable just like cappe

commissioner roger goodell has apologized for the way the u.s. football league has handled players' protests against racial injustice and police brutality colin kaepernick and others began kneeling in 2016 as the national anthem was played reports when n.f.l. quarterback colin kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem 4 years ago the move divided the sport and the country in some corners he was celebrated for highlighting issues of police brutality and systemic racism people are really feeling their humanity and really feeling like you know what this might not be something i experience ideally basis but it's not right that these other people are going through this but by others he was criticized 3 cent he lost his job with the san francisco 49 ers and hasn't been hired since now the head of the u.s. football league has admitted it mishandled the situation with the national football league in it we were wrong for not listening to n.f.l. players earlier and encourage all to speak out peacefully protests. read the national. leave act lives m

the next august to the city of sirte which was more market ati's hometown and f l commissioner roger goodell has apologized for the way the u.s. football league has handled to play as protest against police brutality following the death of george floyd goodell says the need will now encourage peaceful protests against racism and thousands of people have been demonstrating across australia in solidarity with the black lives matter movement and to oppose the deaths of indigenous people in police custody. in other news former us vice president joe biden has formally secured the democratic party's presidential nomination to run against donald trump in november's election early results from primary votes held this week give him the required number of delegates to clinch the nomination biden became the presumptive nominee 2 months ago when his main challenger senator bernie sanders dropped out of the race. now president trump says the u.s. economy is bouncing back from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic it regain $2500000.00 jobs in the month of may and the unemployment rate dropped to 13 per

roger goodell, commissioner of the 1/2 has come out with the statement that you just saw, which is one hell of a statement from the n.f.l., and, look, it is a bit weird that he's affirmed their commitment to black lives matter and the protest and not mention colin kaepernick, the person blackballed by the n.f.l. for protesting for black lives matter in the first place. that's what i mean about people actually doing something. it's nice to see the n.f.l. say this, but i hope goodell and everyone at the n.f.l. are actually going to look at doing things. because every other industry, you know, they have to prove their commitment by hiring thousands of new black people. the n.f.l.'s just got to hire one. and, yes, i know i said -- i know i said that even purely symbolic gestures are nothing to sneeze at but we all agree posting statements, taking down statutes and selling books is not enough. it's part of it but it's not enough. companies have to hire more black people, companies have to stop not hiring people because they're black. the culture has to amplify more black voices and, of cour

going to unite we're not going to put up with this anymore we want you to take a stance and so roger goodell heard that in 24 hours later here is what the commissioner said check it up. we did national football league condemn racism in the systematic compression black people. we did national only if we were wrong for not listening to the players earlier and encouraged almost. peacefully protests. ended up peacefully protests it took about exactly what capron it did exactly that by the way that was just 22nd clip of a minute long apology or statement he made he never once mentioned which was the least he could do is mention saying he didn't even do that but let's explain this to our viewers because a lot of them are watching us and india pakistan and different parts of the world where they don't even understand the n.f.l. or the hell column kaepernick is so let's put this in perspective for you a guy who played in the n.f.l. who is one of the finest quarterbacks in the last couple years went to a super bowl with his team then protested by taking a need to bring the national anthem to show he

roger goodell coming out and saying black lives matter.hat could be significant. >> i want to play the roger goodell sound here. the nfl players basically almost seemed to challenge the league to say something more meaningful on this. i think what they were looking for almost, they didn't say it, also an apology and acknowledgement of what colin kaepernick did. it was a very powerful message. powerful enough roger goodell thought he needed to respond. >> we at the national football league condemn racism and the systematic oppression of black people. we the national football league admit we were wrong for not listening to nfl players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest. we the in ationnational footbal believe black lives matter. >> the video itself, there is a lot of -- we're all struggling with video and sometimes the video can make you not look good and all this stuff. i am curious though. without saying the name colin kaepernick, does that mean roger goodell's words ring more hollow to some? say his name. they s

president trump now weighing in, going after roger goodell overnight tweeting -- >> reporter: and drew brees posting, he should not have taken back his original stance. drew brees posting, to donald trump, through my ongoing conversations with friends, teammates and leaders in the black community, i realize this is not an issue about the american flag. the president echoing which is comments in 2016, when 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick took a knee protesting police brutality. kaepernick never played in the nfl again after that season. >> a knee is usually taken out of reverence. >> 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, chr

roger goodell seems very scared right now. be more scared about the liability his league faces because of concussions and they have not protected players for so long. he may have been on the wrong side of this argument given the makeup of the league and the fact that the drew brees comments turned into a league wide wildfire. we doesn't know what to do. maybe roger goodell should be canceled to get back to football and fewer distractions. >> melissa: yes. lawrence, what do you think? i am sort of teasing about the writing of the tweet but not really. this is obviously an issue that the trump campaign feels like when they beat this drum it works for them. that's why i suspicious about who phrased this? >> some people say they only kneel for good. look, do what you feel i will encourage the president this is a different time. the amount of people that reached out to me that are conservatives that have a little nuance now on this position. i will say this: this is the opportuni opportunity, he is hosting law enforcement today. i