i will tell you what, i just want to say one thing of stephen curry, stephen curry is an outstanding human being. he's a great father, he's well spoken and he has no scandals. he's not the kind of person that the president of the united states should pick a fight with and if anybody in america has a problem with the name stephen curry, that's to look in the mirror. i don't have any idea why he wants to be in a fight with stephen curry. >> why now and why go there at all? >> i don't understand it. i got to tell you somebody that's raising young boys and having a stephen curry out there gives them somebody to look up to. his work ethics is unbelievable and lebron james has been incredible as well. these are people we should be lifting up and celebrating and giving them high fives and pointing them out for the positives and instead, we are in some crazy food fight about whether somebody is going to come to my birthday party or not. it is silly and beneath the president and does not make any sense. >> van jones, we appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> multiple fronts regarding the u.s

stephen curry is hesitating. therefore invitation is withdrawn." here's how curry responded after practice. >> just kind of beneath i think the leader of a country to go that route. it's not what leaders do. like i said, we have amazing people in this league that have spoken up on both sides of the conversation. we're not trying to divide and separate this country. we're trying to bring everybody together and speak about love and togetherness and equality. >> president trump also used twitter to share his stance on anthem protests in the nfl and professional sports in general. "if a player wants the privilege of making millions of dollars in the nfl or other leagues, he or she should not be allowed to disrespect our great american flag or country and should stand for the national anthem. if not, you're fired. find something else to do." 49ers owner jed york then tweeted a statement that read in part, "the callous and offensive comments made by the president are contradictory to what this great country stands for. our players have exercised their rig

"stephen curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!" bum", he replied. "stephen curry already said he ain't going, so therefore ain't no invite. going to the white house was a great honour until you showed up!" # 0h, say can you see... the president had already condemned high—profile football players like colin kaepernick who refused to stand for the star spangled banner. speaking at a rally on friday, mr trump did not hold back. wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners say, when somebody disrespects our flag, "get that son of a (bleep) off the field right now. out! he is fired!" as for the golden state warriors, the team says that if stephen curry is not invited, none of them will go. instead they will use their trip to washington, dc to celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion. the 0scar—winning british actor colin firth has become an italian citizen. mr firth, who has been opposed to britain leaving the european union, said he had applied for an italian passport because of "the uncertainty around". he will also keep his br

stephen curry is hesitating, there for invitation is withdrawn!ebronjames. you bomb he replied. stephen curry already said he ain't going, there for a now invite. go into the white house was a great honour until you showed up to # 0h, say can you see. the president had already condemned high—profile football players like colin kaepernick refused to stand for the star spangled banner. speaking at a rally on friday, mr trump did not hold back. would you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, get that son of a (bleep) off the field right now. 0ut! he is fired! he is fired! as the golden state warriors, the teens damp youth stephen curry was not invited, none of them will go. instead they will use their trip to washington, dc to celebrate a quality, diversity and inclusion. time to bring you some unusual science news. this time a cornish pasty has been sent into the stratosphere beneath a weather balloon. it reached an altitude of over 35 kilometres, making it the first ever such a meat pie to be sent to the edge of s

"stephen curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn."e of basketball‘s greatest ever players, lebronjames. "you bum", he replied. "stephen curry already said he ain't going so therefore ain't no invite. "going to the white house was a great honour until you showed up." we all know how much sport brings us together, how much passion it has, how much we love and care and the friendships and everything that it creates. for him to try to use this platform to divide us even more is not something i can stand for and is not something i can be quiet about. the president had already condemned high—profile football players like colin kaepernick, who refused to stand for the star spangled banner. speaking at a rally in alabama on friday, mr trump didn't hold back. wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, "get that son of a (bleep) out right now. "he's fired. "he's fired!" as for the golden state warriors, the team said if stephen curry wasn't invited, none of them will go. instead they will use t

stephen curry is hesitating, therefor, invitation is withdrawn. the team had planned to privately discuss the potential white house visit before president trump's tweet. >> this is kind of beneath the leader of a country to go that route. it's not what leaders do. >> reporter: curry's teammates quickly coming to his defense and shifting the conversation away from political affiliation and towards something bigger. >> there was a respect for the offi office, but respect for us and for the president himself. >> it's for going and calling every player who took a knee a son of a [ bleep ]. like, huh? we're talking -- what? that don't even make sense to me. >> reporter: dramon green is talking about this. >> to say, get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now. out, he's fired. he's fired! >> the president referred to nfl players kneeling to brutality. >> the warriors travel to d.c. in february to play the wizards. and they will use that trip to celebrate equality, diversity and ininclusion. >>> president trump was up on early twitter this morni

to read the tweet of curry, he tweeted going to the white house is considered a great honor and stephen curry is hesitating, therefore, invitation is withdrawn. he's taking players like curry and kaepernick. the white house went after jamelle hill on espn, these are all african-americans. just so happens that the people are speaking out are african-americans. if you look at the totality of nfl athletes refusing to go to the white house. donald trump, there is certain instances where people are not going to the white house because of barack obama being in office or president george being in office. at the end of the day, it is not that big of a deal as it relates going to the white house. >> it is much more pronounced. >> say it again? >> it is much more pronounced with trump. >> what is much more pronounce now are two things, one, the level of disrespect that we have seen from these athletes as it relates to our country. number two, there is a high level of racial tensions in this country that predates the president that is being capacon. there is a falsehood that he's a racist. >> upon him o

"stephen curry already said he ain't going, so therefore ain't no invite.ned high—profile football players like colin kaepernick who refused to stand for the star spangled banner. speaking at a rally on friday, mr trump did not hold back. wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners say, when somebody disrespects our flag, "get that son of a (bleep) off the field right now. out! he is fired!" as for the golden state warriors, the team says that if stephen curry is not invited, none of them will go. instead they will use their trip to washington, dc to celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter, i'm @duncangolestani. the weather now with chris fawkes. hi there. yesterday, we had two types of weather through the afternoon. for a number of places, northern ireland, scotland, northern england, it stayed rather cloudy. this was one scene in buttermere, in cumbria. other places had glorious sunshine. good parts of southern england, and the midlands, and into wales had the best of that

stec stephen curry is hesitating. >> here is how curry reacted. >> beneath the leader of the country leaders do. so, like i said, we have amazing people in this league that have spoken up on both sides of the conversation. we are not trying to divide and separate this country, we are trying to bring everybody together and speak about love and togetherness and equality. >> president trump also used twitter to share his stamp on anthem protest in the nfl and professional sports in general. quote, if a player wants the pr privilege of making millions, he or she should not be allowed to disrespect our flag and country. stand for the national anthem. if not, you are fired. jed york said the callous and offensive comments are contradictory for what this country stands for. players have exercised their right to be united states citizens and action to address social injustice. we will continue to support them in their pursuit of change in our country and around the world. remember, the 49ers made a donation for groups in the bay area to fight social injustice. that's it for sports. more news

stephen curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!"riors fans scoffed at the idea of revoking an unaccepted invitation.sot: lavonn johnson, warriors fan// "california, we didn't vote for trump so they weren't going to go anyway so it wasn't a big deal for him to tell them he doesn't want them to come because it was a waste of time, they weren't going anyway." a few hours later steph explained in another interview - that his refusal to visit the white house is not about division but instead promoting an understanding society. sot: stephen curry, warriors player// "at the end of the day i commend and applaud everybody that's spoken up its what we are supposed to do we're supposed to continue this conversation and promote change and everybody's doing it in their own way. it's just really important."the warriors released a statement as well saying quote while we intended to meet as a team at the first opportunity we had this morning to collaboratively discuss a potential visit to the white house we accept that president trump has made it c

stephen curry is hesitating. therefore, the invitation the gone.n james tweeting at president trump, you bum. going to the white house was an honor until you showed up. >> he's using sports as a platform to divide us. >> lebron james commenting about nhl players taking a knee to the national anthem. >> wouldn't you like to say get that son of a [bleep] off the field. he's fired. >> calling every player that took a knee a son of a [bleep]. huh? >> roger goodell defending the player's right to peaceful protests. >> oakland a's player kneeled at the start of the game with the texas rangers. >> within the last hour, ceo jeffrey lori said having spoken to our players, i can attest to the respect for the national anthem and all it respects. we believe it is more important than ever for football to a unifier. if a person wants the privilege of being president he must not disrespect every minority group. >>> moving on to other news in washington, the u.s. military flew bombers along the north korean coast to send a me messae to kim jung un's regime. the sh

stephen curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!" scoffed at the idea of revoking an unaccepted invitation.sot: lavonn johnson, warriors fan// "california, we didn't vote for trump so they weren't going to go anyway so it wasn't a big deal for him to tell them he doesn't want them to come because it was a waste of time, they weren't going anyway." a few hours later steph explained in another interview - that his refusal to visit the white house is not about division but instead promoting an understanding society. sot: stephen curry, warriors player// "at the end of the day i commend and applaud everybody that's spoken up its what we are supposed to do we're supposed to continue this conversation and promote change and everybody's doing it in their own way. it's just really important."the warriors released a statement as well saying quote while we intended to meet as a team at the first opportunity we had this morning to collaboratively discuss a potential visit to the white house we accept that president trump has made it clear that

you bum ask stephen curry set said he ain't going to white house. waits a great honor until you showed up. and then espn's jemele hill, hey stephen curry, welcome to the club, bro. then you have the president's white house photographer this is president obama's photographer sending this out on instagram tlachlt is showing president obama getting a lesson i guess on the jump shot or something from steph curry. there but the optics of all of this, i mean, how are you reading him for the white house? does it look nothing but bad? >> it puts people in the corner. one thing this president is good is sparking cultural wars and headlines that get everyone can ginned up and talking about him and what he is doing. the people that hate him, they hate him more. for the people that love him, they say he is saying things that are politically incorrect. here in some ways it's you can't fire me, i quit is the way i see. this these people are going on and saying oh, we're questioning the president. we're questioning what he believes in, stands for. we don't know if

back by tweeting going to the white house is considered a great honor for a championship team stephen curry is hesitating therefore the invitation is withdrawn but he may well have picked a fight he can't win several n.b.a. stars have jumped to currys defense the bron james of the cleveland cavaliers has hit back calling the president a bum on twitter was no longer an honor to visit with trump in the white house he said los angeles lakers legend kobe bryant resurfacing from retirement this week with this slam dunk of a tweet a president whose name a load creates division and anger whose words inspired the sentient hatred cannot possibly make america great again let's get more on this from entertainment journalist. adore lowell who joins us from los angeles welcome to the w. should go and the president's got comments of course quite a media storm on the social media a top athletes now united against him. well hi phil and that's a very difficult question to answer i think that there are a lot of high profile athletes that are using their platform on twitter to lash back out at the president o

hours explained in another that his visit the white house is not but instead understanding sot: stephen curry, player// "at the commend and applaud spoken up its supposed to do to continue this conversation and and everybody's own way. it's just really important."the warriors released a statement as well saying quote while we intended to meet as a team at the first opportunity we had this morning to collaborativel many also wonder why the president would focus on what may be considered a trivial subject compared to a list of national and including two hurricanes that hit american soil and north lebron james was one of the first n-b-a players to respond... and he went straight after the president. he tweeted: "u bum @stephencurry30ain't going! so therefore ain't no invite. going to a great honor until you showed up!" lebron then went on to explain his tweet in a video.

but warriors superstar stephen curry was hedging on the invitation. >> i don't want to go. that's really it. ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: of course he doesn't want to go. he's already been to the white house. ( cheers and applause ) he even got to do cool science experiments, and the current president is a volcano denier. when he heard this, trump immediately responded. "going to the white house is considered a great honor for a championship team. stephen curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!" "you don't want to go to prom with me? well, guess what? prom is canceled because it's stupid, and i didn't want to go to begin with, and i'm not crying, you're crying." ( laughter ) okay? huh-uh. no, huh-uh. look. ( piano riff ) but, in this instance, trump is messing with forces he doesn't understand. lebron james, who tweeted, "u bum @stephencurry30 already said he ain't going! so therefore ain't no invite. going to white house was a great honor until you showed up! " ohhhhhhh! ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: oh! >> stephen: oh! >> jon: oh, oh, oh! >> stephe

stephen curry is hesitating, therefore, the invitation is withdrawn. e team had decided not to visit before president trump's tweet. >> this is not what leaders do. >> reporter: curry's teammates quickly coming to his defense and pushing the conversation away from political affiliation and instead toward something bigger. >> there was a respect for the office and also a respect not only from us but from the president himself. >> as for going to call every player that takes a knee a [ bleep ], i'm like, huh? we're talking, what? that don't even make sense to me. >> draymond green is talking about this. >> i say get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now. he's fired! >> the players are kneeling for police brutality and equality during the national anthem. >> the warriors will travel to washington, d.c. in february to play the wizards. they'll also use that trip to, quote, celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion. >>> oakland raiders punter king stands in solidarity. he posted this picture yesterday. he is holding a sign outside the white house

stechb k stephen curry already said he ain't going so therefore no invite going to white house was antil you showed up. the patriots owner put out this statement saying i am deeply disappointed by the tone of the comments made by the president on friday. i support players' rights to peacefully effect social change and raise awareness in the manner that they feel is most impact follow. dom, is this going to affect the president's decision it's clearly a distraction who benefits people in the nfl stadiums screaming at players, screaming at each other. players divided, owners divided. all of that the president making a political comment. >> we'll see what the ratings show, eamon. to the earlier question on taxes and health care, it's also a big week, right? president trump has a speech on taxes. what do we know about that >> reporter: we're expected to see the president unveil his tax plan this week some of the details have been leaking out other the weekend. they're going for the 20% corporate tax rate higher than the 15% the president has insisted that he wanted the other brackets may

and stephen curry already said he ain't going, so therefore ain't no invite. >>> turning to our first alert weather. a packed night at may street where neighbors were taking advantage of the warmer than usual september worth. and all lit up in green for the eagle's home opener tomorrow. and he has the game day forecast. but, steve, let's start with the temperatures right now. >> all right, denise. hot during the afternoon but then in the evening hours it's cooling off. and feels a lot better out there than that 88 we had here this afternoon. we will endure another day of heat here this afternoon. so enjoy the cooler weather while it lasts. 73 here in center city. but meanwhile we have 60s across places like southern new jersey. clear and mild conditions for tonight. no problem. open up the windows enjoy the fresh air. but if you are headed out to the link tomorrow, make sure you stay hydrated. we're looking at temperatures at 90 degrees with baking levels of sunshine. when we do start to cool off, and also we'll take a look at hurricane maria coming up. >>> thanks, steve. and just fou

stephen curry is hesitating therefore, the invitation is withdrawn. not surprised. he was going to break up with us before he could break up with him. the backlash from some nba super stars are more blunt. lebron james calling the president a bum, going to the white house is an honor until you showed up. the warriors organization released a statement of support, we believe there is nothing more americans than our citizens having the right to express freely on matters that's important to them. a sentiment echoed by adam silver. i am proud of our players for taking an active role and speak out on important issues. issues will take center stage as players take the field later this afternoon. >> reporter: more nfl players are expected to take a knee. games throughout all the country today. you can see fans lining up here behind me and watching to see what those nfl players are going to do. wily. >> morgan, thank you. >> chuck todd from nbc. good morning, i want to under line this tweet. quote, "just heard foreign minister of north korea speak, if he echo thoughts of roc

we also attacked basketball star stephen curry after he turned down the traditional white house visit for nba champions. were quick to defend him who sent going to the white house was no longer an honor. >> puerto rico is still reeling from the hurricane that made landfall as a category three storm last week and now the territory is on the brink of another crisis. 70,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes. are down and electricity is out across the entire island with engineers warning it could take weeks or even months to restore power. >> weakening under increased water pressure the dam is threatening to give way. cracks caused by hurricane maria threatening the lives of some 70,000 residents in this river valley below. they were all ordered to evacuate on friday as the weather service warned stay away or be swept away. puerto rico governor personally urged residents to flee. are already some indicators of progress but we are still in an emergency situation and we ask people to remain calm. stabilizedtuation is it will start to rebuild puerto rico stronger than ever. once

stephen curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!"arriors fans scoffed at the idea of revoking an unaccepted invitation.sot: lavonn johnson, warriors fan// "california, we didn't vote for trump so they weren't going to go anyway so it wasn't a big deal for him to tell them he doesn't want them to come because it was a waste of time, they weren't going anyway." a few hours later steph explained in another interview - that his refusal to visit the white house is not about division but instead promoting an understanding society. sot: stephen curry, warriors player// "at the end of the day i commend and applaud everybody that's spoken up its what we are supposed to do we're supposed to continue this conversation and promote change and everybody's doing it in their own way. it's just really important."the warriors released a statement as well saying quote while we intended to meet as a team at the first opportunity we had this morning to collaboratively discuss a potential visit to the white house we accept that president trump has made it

brunt of the president's attack on twitter of course he withdrew an invitation for worry a star stephen curry to visit the white house that sports has really had its own say as well but it's this response from san antonio spurs gregg popovich that's been shared the most or countries an embarrassment in the world. this is this is an individual actually thought that when people held arms during the games that they were doing it to honor the flag that's delusional absolutely delusional but it's what we have to live with so you got a choice we can continue to bounce our heads off the wall with his conduct or we can decide that the institutions of our country are more important that people are more important. that the decent america that we all thought we had and want is more important and get down to business at the grassroots level and do we have to do you can always check to us the hash tags a.j. news grid i'm at peta under school statement on twitter. back again maybe a few hundred g.m.t. oh with most food for later thinking i'm sure we'll be talking about this again tomorrow i have no doubt i

this came a day after stephen curry said he did not want to go. >> by not going, hopefully, it inspires change for what we tolerate in the country. >> reporter: that prompted a tweet from president trump saying he was withdrawing the invitation and hours later, the team said it will visi house. >> the president is also in a war of words with the nfl after criticizing football players for kneeling during the national anthem. >> wouldn't you love to see one of the nfl owners when someone disrespects our flag to say get that [bleep] off the field right now? he's fired. >> reporter: executives were listening and commissioner goodell responded with a comment. having offended both football and basketball players, the president quickly felt the backlash. nbastar lebron james released a video statement. >> it hit home for me now more because he is using sports as a platform. >> reporter: chris paul tweeted with everything going on in the country, why are you focused visiting the white house? >> in a tweet, the warriors said they would come to d.c. without a visit to the white house. d.c.'s mayo

stephen curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!" lebron james' first response? ou bum. curry already said he isn't going. going to the white house was a great honor until you showed up." >> mary, from outside fedexfield, and president trump clearly watching some of the games today? >> reporter: the president said he did watch some of today's games, but he said he saw tremendous solidarity for our flag and country. he said standing with locked arms is good, kneeling is not acceptable. >>> and oakland a's rookie taking a knee as well. here's ryan smith. >> i hate you! >> reporter: fans in philadelphia clash over the controversy ignited by president trump. the nfl uniting. >> i guess we're all son of a [ bleep ]. >> reporter: former head coach rex ryan campaigned for trump, but had harsh words today. >> i'm pissed off, i'll be honest with you. because i supported donald trump. calling our players s.o.b.s and all that kind of stuff. that's not the men that i know. the men that i know in the locker room i'm proud of. >> reporter: hall of fame quarterback terry bradsha

stephen curry is hesitating, therefore, invitation is withdrawn. today the team had their first practice of the season after curry responded to the president's tweet. >> i didn't want to be applauded for accomplishment on the court when the guy that would be doing the patting on the back is somebody that doesn't think respect the majority of americans in this country, so it's what i stand for. >> and in a statement the team also responded saying we accept the president trump has made it clear that we are not invited. we believe there is nothing more american than our citizens having the right to express themselves freely on matters important to them. we're disappointed that we did not have an opportunity during this process to share our views or have open dialogue on issues impacting our communities that we felt would be important to raise. in lieu of a visit to the white house, the team has now decided to use the trip to d.c. in february to celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion, the values the team says it embraces as an organization. now man

stephen curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!" to the warriors to attend the reception. that is all the sport. jones, thank you. prince harry has met melania trump in toronto ahead of opening of the third invictus games. founded by prince harry, the games is an international multi—sport event open to all wounded, injured and sick serving personnel and veterans. 550 men and women will be taking part, representing 17 nations. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @alpapatel goodbye for now. it was a mild day with temperatures as high as 21 celsius. what varied was the amount of cloud. cloudy skies in cumbria earlier. notjust cumbria have that cloud. it was cloudy across the north of england and parts of scotland and northern ireland with the best of the sunshine further south. in the sunshine further south. in the sunshine at times pretty glorious. the early morning mist clearing. we have this weather front pushing eastwards. running into high—pressure across scandinavia and that makes the f

but one of their star players, stephen curry, said he had other plans. i don't want to go.'t said. we won't stand for it. by acting, or going through that. i want to inspire change when it comes to what we tolerate in this country. as so often the president responded to the responded on social media. this prompted a brutal comeback from one of basketball‘s greatest ever players. we all know how much sport brings us together, how much passion it as, how much we love and care, the friendships and everything it creates. for him to use this platform to divide as even more is not something i can stand for be quiet about. the president had already spoken about high—profile football players who refused to stand for the star spangled banner. speaking in alabama on friday mr trump didn't hold back. wouldn't you love to see one of those moments when somebody disrespects our flag, and they get that son of... of the field. as for the golden state warriors the team has said that if stephen kelly was uninvited, none of them were going. they will instead use their trip to celebrate equali

stephen curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn. >> just kind of beneath i think the leader of a country to go that route. it's not what leaders do. >> reporter: lebron james weighed in calling the president a bum. steph curry already said he ain't going, so therefore ain't no invite. the back and forth comes at a time president trump is under fire for his handling of racial tensions. in the latest "wall street journal" poll just 25% of americans approve of how mr. trump is handling race relations. the president also criticized the nfl for giving penalties for hard hits. >> they're ruining the game. >> you've got mothers, fathers, all around the country saying, we don't want our kids to play football. and, donald trump wants to go back in to the time when it was the roman gladiators. >> reporter: donald trump using rallies to rant against opponents is nothing new. professional sports, now the latest political football. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. >>> joining me now, melanie zenona, and sean sullivan congressional reporter for "the washington post." thanks for be

here's what stephen curry had to say. y: our president has... the things that he said and hasn't said at the right times... we won't stand for it. by acting, or not going, hopefully that will inspire some change when it comes to what we tolerate in this country. and what is accepted, and what we turn a blind eye to. >(marty) trump fired back on twitter this morning... saying "going to the white house is considered a great honor for a championship team.stephen curry is hesitating,therefore invitation is withdrawn!" ( marty ) senator bernie sanders visited downtown san francisco yesterday. why some people are still "feeling the bern" a teenage girl was brutally attacked at an east bay station. we'll show you where it happened in a story you will only see on kron four. a new report claims to have found a remedy for depression. we'll explain the unlikely source after the break. for your health:here is a look at some of the new medical findings released this week: (marty) an unlikely source of short-term relief for depression..

stephen curry is hesitating, therefore, invitation is withdrawn. the team planned to privately discuss the potential white house visit before president trump's tweet. >> it is kind of beneath the leader of the country to go that route. it's not what leaders do. >> reporter: curry's teammates quickly coming to his defts and shifting the conversation away from political affiliation and instead toward something bigger. >> stlfs the office. also not from us but for the president itself. >> it's for going and calling every player who took a knee a son of a [ bleep ]. huh? we're talking, like, what? that don't make sense to me. >> reporter: dramon green is talking about this. >> i say, get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now. he's fired. he's fired! >> reporter: the president referred to nfl players kneeling to end police brutality. >> the warriors travel to washington, d.c. in february to play the wizards and will use the trip to, quote, celebrate quality, diversity and inclusion. >>> president trump was up early on twitter this morning call

stephen curry is hesitating, therefore, invitation is withdrawn. what he's referring to is what curry told reporters yesterday as warriors headed back to team he headquarters for media day and training camp. curry said many on the team does not stand for what the president said, and by not going to the white house will hopefully inspire change when it comes to what we tolerate in this country, his words. >> respect the opportunity that we have to represent not only ourselves, our own believes, but our organization. we are in this position because we won a championship, did something special together, and so for us to just really take the time to understand the magnitude of the decision and the right thing to do and the right way to go about it. >> the president usually calls the team or coach owner to initiate a white house visit. according to espn, the trump administration had not contacted the warriors. >>> and from basketball to football, the president says nfl owners should fire players who kneel during the national anthem and encouraging specta

. >>> stephen curry also had a rough day on twitter. it was posted how much money was being taken out of the salary. leafing him with only $15 million take home. curry's reaction, quote, that sun shine expensive. blessings. >>> bob meyers is every where these days. he and a group of warriors, assistant coaches went to san quinton to play basketball against inmates. today he was in -- where it was bob meyer's day. there's no more accessible gm and all sports to bob it was a special day. his parents were there and all family. training camp begin the back to back nba titles. meyers use the platform to encounter student to give back. >> when i look around and see these guys they're in a pretty good spot. you don't have to wait on the river, so take advantage of that. a lot of people have dealt nothing and have to come up with card after card, just make it. so for me, i was fortunate, so, i want these people to help other people out. be a mentor to people, take advantage of this opportunity. >>> all right 9ers host the rams thursday night. s

. >>> stephen curry also had a rough day on twitter.posted how much money was being taken out of the salary. leafing him with only $15 million take home. curry's reaction, quote, that sun shine expensive. blessings. >>> bobey m these days. he and a group of warriors, assistant coaches went to san quinton to play basketball against inmates. today he was in -- where it was bob meyer's day. there's no more accessible gm and all sports to bob it was a special day. his parents were there and all family. training camp begin the back to back nba titles. meyers use the encounter student to give back. >> when i look around and see these guys they're in a pretty good spot. you don't have to wait on the river, so take advantage of that. a lot of people have dealt nothing and have to come up with card after card, justake it. so for me, i was fortunate, so, hewant these people to help r o. be aot mentor to people, take advantage of this opportunity. >>> all right 9ers host the rams thursday night. some good and bad news from the judicia injury list,

fuel to the fire by publicly rescinding a white house invitation to the golden state warriors stephen curry after he said he wouldn't go. >> i don't know why he feels to target certain individuals. that's not what leaders do. >> his long-time rival lebron james criticizing. >> for him to use this platform to divide us even more is not something i can stand for. >> reporter: fans pinning it against each other at sunday's game. >> meanwhile, there are big issues hanging in the balance in washington, d.c. the administration continues to hold its breath over the current condition of the latest health care revamp effort on capitol hill. the president holds a jobs event here today in washington. back to you, john and alyson. >> thank you very much. we have a lot to talk about. we have cnn political analyst gregory, wesley lauery and host of smerconish, michael smerconish. great to have you all here. gregory, where do you want to begin with this? what's happening and why is this happening? >> well, i think the why is everything we have come to know about donald trump as a political figure and as p

it's not good and stephen curry and a number of the golden state warriors that are already said theyto the white house, including its coach, steve kerr and kevin durant. so the players and coach expressed their opinions. it's hard to uninvite them, people who weren't going anyway. perhaps with north korea and other things, why wade into this at this time. elizabeth: i have to ask you, jim. >> people going to games and tuning into the television don't want any of this going on. they want an escape and now their escape has been taken from them. elizabeth: you've been covering sports for a long time. i have to ask you if you've ever seen anything quite like this? >> no, we never have seen anything quite like this because we've never had a president like president trump and we also live in an age of social media, and everybody has a voice, and these players who have been quiet for a number of years and have been told just to stick to sports don't want to stick to sports. they want to have their feelings heard and they have a social conscience and they want to have social change. and this

president trump tweeted "going to the white house is considered a great honor for a championship team stephen curry is hesitating, therefore, the invitation is withdraw." and "i was in favor of the team visiting the white house and thought it was a rare opportunity for these players to share their views directly. i am disappointing that that will not happen." . is the president missing an opportunity here? >> the president is missing an opportunity here. tomorrow it hope every nfl player takes a knee in protest not just to donald trump but the broader problem that we're wrestling with, which is much bigger than donald trump. but the big issue is donald trump recent president obama, recent colin kaepernick. white supremacy recent free black people and the fact they can't control these people and what they do, they believe, whether they stand, it eats him alive. >> you're saying the president is a white supremacist. is that what you just said? you just said the president is a white supremacist. did i hear you right? >> i'm not sure if you're thinking you're cornering me or something. >> i'm just aski

stephen curry hesitating there, therefore, invitations withdrawn. the golden state responded.the nation's capitol in february to celebrate equality and inclusion. >> lets get to our correspondent, athena jones. >> reporter: the comment of the president last night using vulgar terms referring to mostly african-american players who's been kneeing during the national anthem of what they see racial in justice and inequality in america. those kmept havcomments have sp backlash. we are hearing from nfl's commission commissioner roger goodell without citing the president referring to his remarks. i will read you part of his statement. decisive comments like these demonstrates

stephen curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!"president's comments provoked a reaction on the field and off.nba star lebron james tweeted "you bum" to the president.lebron james, cleveland cavaliers: "he doesn't understand how many kids, no matter the race, look up to the president of the united states for guidance, for leadership, for words of encouragement."nats jim acosta cnn the white house (grant))protests are sparking strong reaction on both sides. kron-4's j-r is following this story tonight. j.r. you were in one east bay city where the neighborhood is split on how they feel about these protests. (j.r.)i was, i talked with one veteran who is totally against the anthem protest and then across the street i talked with one of his neighbors.a man fixing his car who just shook his head in approval. this is what it looked like in dallas tonight. players linked arms together and even with their owner jerry jones. they took a knee on the field before the national anthem and then stood for the song. the boo's were very loud though a

fuel to the fire by publicly rescinding a white house invitation to the golden state warriors stephen curry after he said he wouldn't go. >> i don't know why he feels to target certain individuals. that's not what leaders do. >> his long-time rival lebron james criticizing the president's response. >> for him to use this platform to divide us even more is not something i can stand for. >> reporter: the president's attacks on players pinning fans against each other at sunday's games. >> reporter: meanwhile, there is a lot of policy on the plate here at the white house. the administration is keeping a watchful eye on the progress or lack of same of the health care revamp proposal now on capitol hill. the president expected to hold a jobs event here today in washington. back to you, alyson and john. >> is joe, thank you very much. let's bring in our political panel to discuss all of this. cnn political analysts gregory and kara. gregory, politically speaking, is this part to play to his base friday night with these comments about sobs, or is this dumb politically in that it creates all of this

stephen curry is hesitating therefore his invitation is gone. adding up he's going after jamel hill saying she should be fired, going after colin kaepernick and now steph curry. do you see a pattern? >> yeah. you're putting him in an unfortunate position of having to say something nice about roger goodell and i don't appreciate that. for the fist time roger goodell actually stood up for the players. this is the only time he's done this in his time as a commissioner. it was the right thing to say. donald trump was out of line. he steps out of line all of the time. that was a good move by roger goodell. all of these people are black and all of these black people are rich and they've become successful and don't owe donald trump anything. and those things alone will make you the subject of his arire. koln kaepernick was taking a knee before crump got elected. stephen curry notices that going into white house. he's going to have a problem with that. and at the end of the day this is a president who is incapable of functioning under criticism, especial

stephen curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!"warriors fans scoffed at the idea of revoking an unaccepted invitation.sot: lavonn johnson, warriors fan// "california, we didn't vote for trump so they weren't going to go anyway so it wasn't a big deal for him to tell them he doesn't want them to come because it was a waste of time, they weren't going anyway." a few hours later steph explained in another interview - that his refusal to visit the white house is not about division but instead promoting an understanding society. sot: stephen curry, warriors player// "at the end of the day i commend and applaud everybody that's spoken up its what we are supposed to do we're supposed to continue this conversation and promote change and everybody's doing it in their own way. it's just really important."the warriors released a statement as well saying quote while we intended to meet as a team at the first opportunity we had this morning to collaboratively discuss a potential visit to the white house we accept that president trump has made i

(darya) (darya)golden state warriors star stephen curry says colin kaepernick's omission from a sportsstrated cover featuring sports figures linking arms in protest solidarity is "terrible."the cover references the protests surrounding the national anthem ahead of nfl games last weekend. curry is shown in the photo illustration appearing to link arms with lebron james and nfl commissioner roger goodell. (darya) the anthem protests stem from kaepernick's decision to kneel during the "star spangled banner" last season, his final one with the san francisco 49ers. curry tells the san francisco chronicle that "if you don't have kaepernick front and center on that, something's wrong."si executive editor steve cannella responded to criticism of the cover earlier this week, saying it attempted to capture "new voices" in the debate. (darya)playboy magazine founder and sexual revolution symbol hugh hefner has d

but he's opened the door for other sports athletes, i.e., lebron james, chris paul, stephen curry. the basketball community to come into this play as well. i think today will be a very special day. you're going to hear a lot of voices come to support colin kaepernick. >> and just kind of on that note, too, you said, stick to sports. you hear that all the time. people don't like it when sports are politicized. at the end of the day, do you think this will benefit the world of sports? >> it's interesting to watch the culture grow. it continues to be more divisive. if you say anything politically online, people automatically attack you. you think about the flag. you think about the american ideals. one of those is the first amendment, freedom of speech. you should be able to protest as long as it is peacefully done. i think people need to learn how to support and just respect each other. our president continues to pour fuel on the fire of the chaos. he loves to control the chaos. >> back to ryan for a second. it's hard to ignore the racial component here. the president went on this ja