of the united states of america. rosemary: flag flap, emotions run high when it comes to honoring the stars and stripes. today we'll discuss the surprising back story behind the pledge of allegiance. and why it was written in the first place. rosemary: off the books. if you plan to tailgate next time the eagles play at home, you could be breaking the law. today a city councilman explains and tells us about the other out-of-date laws he's pushing to throw out. male announcer: nbc10@issue starts now. male: i think that everyone should stand and support the national anthem. female: i was so inspired by what i saw that i decided to jump in and join in. female: regardless of what you stand for, i think you should stand for your country. male: just don't make it a sunday afternoon demonstration. there's much more to this program than being out there on a sunday afternoon. what are you doing monday, what are you doing wednesday to help out the program that you are advocating? rosemary: plenty of people talking about this. good morning. i'

look at the history, that's what this thing is, respect the flag, patriotism. well, the red summer of 1919 black summers were being lynched in their uniforms after world war i. you have things like that that comes along and what he's doing now is kind of like the old fire with hitler. he's trying to put this whole thing from the communists and blame it on someone else and now it's the athletes' fault that they're kneeling for the flag. if you're patriotic, be patriotic all the time. this is just racism being painted with patriotism and that's their message instead of talking about, again, the issue. understand the why of anything they're doing. it is because people are being killed. you have people blatantly being shot in the back and then being called innocent. and that is absurd. >> that is the issue. i'm going to have to leave it there, i'm out of time, but thank you so much for being with us, adarius thomas, dave zirin and alejandro danois. >>> coming up, i'll ask congresswoman sheila jackson of texas what the biggest political challenge facing capitol hill

most americans say they stand for the flag and all it represents. i'm just not going to disparage the brave men and women in the uniform. brian: and obviously peyton manning's number only because itgets retired once. now let's talk about what's going on with the president of the united states. these two were once good friends. this is what corker says. it's a shame that the white house has become an adult day care center. this after a twitter exchange. what a demeaning tweet at the president. >> well, it is and world leaders see that. we've all worked with senator corker over the years. we thanked him for his service. but i find tweets like this to be incredibly irresponsible. and as to the insulting that the mainstream media and the president almost a year after this election, they still can't accept the election results. it adds to their ability and their cover to speak about the president of the united states in ways that no president should be talked about. and also, i prefer to expect myself privately. brian: and here's a relationship with the p

there is the flag from dakota territory. there is the flag from the united states. there are flags from spain and france, because they control to this territory at different times. each corner has -- one corner has a white flag, what a red flag, one black, one yellow. those are the native american colors that simple as the 4 directions. >> here about lewis and clark's encounter with members of the lakota sioux, and why that meeting was so important to the area. tour ofe c-span cities pierre, south dakota, saturday on book tv, and sunday on american history tv. the c-span cities tour working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. that mycame clear asression of breitbart having an outside influence on the 2016 election was an understatement in the extreme. in fact, according to research, breitbart was the driving force on the right side of the political spectrum. newsunday night on "q&a," " york times magazine" contributing writer talks about his story "down the breitbart hole." >> this gets to the disparity between the way i heard people tal

not in any way disrespected the flag. e nfl bears a responsible to help convey the message of, this is the intent behind kneeling? this is what the players meant. not as a sign of disrespect to the flag but to call attention to social and racial injustices. should the nfl help make that declarative message? >> yes. when players stand for the national anthem and they recognize the flag, they are recognizing the flag as we say in the pledge, in the republican for which it stands. if you stand for the values of the flag or kneel for values of the flag you must convey the values of the flag and co constitution and so the nfl can play an important role here. it is important that it do that. not merely because the athletes protesting but because sports bring the country together. the nfl commissioner recognizes that. certainly players do. this is a particularly good moment to do that. >> ben? >> have you a huge -- the nfl has a huge problem. huge messaging problem. they have an identity crisis as a league. this league used to be

flies the american flag and the confederate flag pulse of the confederate like is the protest of the erican flag. union soldiers were veterans, too. and justice is what the flag is to be about. juan: i want to ask you, your self as a former college football player, when you see the attacks now on these african-american athletes saying these are multimillionaires, they are coddled and they have no right to be engaging -- >> most of them want to schools with 68% black population. they are aware they're gone from picking cotton balls to picking footballs but not really growing. and jerry jones challenging the sense of manhood as raise it to another level. colin kaepernick, his right to have a job trial is being denied. his constitutional right -- players honor the first amendment. trump and pens are protesting the right to exercise the first amendment right. amy: i want to turn to the owners. from the nba to the nfl. on sunday, jerry jones clarified his position on players kneeling during the national anthem, stating -- "if there is anything that is disrespectful to the flag, then we wil

there was also some damage to the rope that's used to hoist the flag. a plague that says virginia that's on the flagpole and it seemed like there may have been an attempt to remove that flak, but they were unsuccessful. fox5 spoke with cash about his flag back in september. we're just trying to preserve our history and onebeacon ofer our and zesters, we're southerners. this is the south. investigators believe the damage happened sometime between september 24 and octobes have now been installed on the property to keep watch. but i have recently had occasion to give this board advice once again about their legal standing visa a visit flag and the flagpole and the consequences of what they can and cannot do. and i have concluded without he equivocation both back in 2014 and now that this county has no legal authority to require the removal of that confederate flag from that private property on that flagpole which is 80 feet in height. coward. temperatures flared wet county attorney made the decision last month that cash could fly the flag in his backyard w

and former pittsburgh steeler said of president trump's call to fire nfl players who disrespect the flag only serves to push our country to become more divided and ultimately penalizes our first amendment rights under the constitution." let me start with you, david, because you're new here. give you the first shot on this. how do you bring -- so much rhetoric. >> right. >> how do you bring both sides of this issue together? we're talking about the people who believe that kneeling disrespects the flag, disrespects military, police, and also the people who want injustices to be heard, and this is the form that is most popular. >> there has been a lot of rhetoric and hyperbole around this issue. i think it's important to take a step back and understand how these protests began. began over a year ago, when

i can see the confederate flag but the red white and blue flag. this is about the black man's oppression. as well as other groups. but we don't want to have that discussion right now. the discussion has been put on the table by colin kaepernick was about what? police brutality. that -- iupremacy is don't have to deal with your issues. i create with the dialogue and issue should be. host: thank you for calling in. this story -- will anyone be kneeling on sunday? there is an excerpt available online. about whether the nfl can punish players for refusing to stand remains to be seen but there are speculations on what that would look like and how that could happen. thatvate employer means protections on speech are vastly restricted. the nfl overseas plenty of public funding, specifically taxpayer funds with exemptions. there will likely be players who neil but it is unclear when or if the leak will do something about it. a meeting will be taking place this week. we welcome listeners on c-span radio and c-span xm. , joining us from michigan. you say yes?

one said this is disrespecting the flag and the other said it's not about the flag. ustice. what is your reaction when you hear that people see the symbolism behind what's happening here so differently? >> when you sit back and you think about the flag, the flag is protection for all and freedom and justice for all. that's not true. that's a written statement. it's a fallacy that is not true. the divide we have with black people and the way they see things as opposed to how white people see things. white people see things, but don't feel what black people feel. we have a sense of feeling when your kid goes out to the store and don't return home or your daughter goes out to the store and don't return home or husband goes out and don't return home. white folks don't have to deal with that. they don't come out and see drugs running rampant in their communities. it's black on black, but blacks didn't bring the drugs. we didn't have planes to fly into our communities. it's there. it's law enforcement's job also to protect us against these drugs. for eones, it has been goin

they're not protesting the flag. they're not protesting the anthem. no athlete has ever said one bad thing about a soldier. they're concerned about the neighborhoods they left behind where there's still so much injustice and port. the and conservatives are missing a golden opportunity to say i don't like the style of your protest, but the substance of your complaint. if you're telling me in america in your community you don't have opportunity to justice, i want to come and help fix it. instead of calling them out, they could call them in. they don't do it because they would rather play politics and divide the country for their political gain instead of uniting the country -- >> that's a very good point because if you're in the rust belt, coal country, you're a trump voter, you want people to listen to you, your issue that's affecting you, then why won't you listen to the issue that's affecting someone else? >> i think it seems to be hypocritical. >> i think it's a little bit different than that. i think a lot of people say you have the right to protes

instead they're disrespecting the flag. f burning the flag, your first amendment rights, your right toss protest in any way, americans, by and large, see that as disrespectful to the flag. mr. vice president, thank you for standing up. brian: well, we have two owners in particular, the giants' owner asked the players to stand two, didn't. jerry jones says if you don't stand, you're not playing. and steven raz -- ross is going the same way, and the dolphins stood. some say the vice president made it worse because this thing was petering out. what do you say to them? >> they'd like to say it made it worse. i'd say it made it more in line with americans. after all, jerry jones, the dallas cowboys, i'm a giants fan, so kudos to jerry on this one. they call themselves america's team. well, if you're america's team, how do you not stand for america's flag in and on top of that when you look at the fact that he's making the rules, he's making it clear you play for this team, you have your rights, but on this team i set a set of rul

the president defended our nation and value and flag and all that represents. rish, they have the gall to call the president divisive. and the responsibility for division is that of the leftest league and its players. some particularly in the left wing played the race car as the left does. for too long patriotic americans have been forced to watch as president after president took a knee before the left wing media complex and waged an all out war on american heritage and values and got away with it. in movies, televisions and commercials as parents and fathers are portrays as morons and normal families are mocked and right to life and individual dignity and family values are trampled by hollywood and yes, now the nfl. the nfl fully expected it could crudely insult every american and our simbombs of strength. insult our heritage and values and the left winning media laughed as they did so until president trump was elected on the simple idea that being a citizen means more than a consumer and people have to gophern. the president's stuning electorial victory means

the flag. if there is anything that is disrespectful to the flag we will not play. >> the debate intensified sunday vice president pence walked off of eye colts game after more than 20 members of 49ers refused to stand for anthem, that mass protest was the ex soaption, on 6 other teams this between one and four player sat, took a knee or said in locker room. a right tor to -- protest. >> i was ashamed of what was taking place, i don't know you can disrespect our country, our flag our national anthem. reporter: president called for a change that could deal league a financial blow, why is nfl getting massive tax breaks and disrespecting our anthem, flag and country, change tax law? nfl central office gave up tax exempt status two years ago, 13 teams have gotten more than a billion in federal subsidy since 2000. to build or renovate stadium. >> if this industry is going to use money from the taxpayers is it too much to ask they show respect to the american flag. reporter: nfl remains a cash machin

the flag and the anthem is not the way to do it.i agree police brutality is a major issue in this country. and i respect their rights and i respect their feelings about respect and justice. i think now the message has been communicated properly and "watters world" and maybe people can come together during anthem. >> can you help me do that? jesse: i will help you do that. the parent of staff sergeant confronted director spike lee about what he supports nfl players kneeling for "the national anthem." >> while north korea aims a nuclear missile at us, are these heroes that can't support our flag, are they going to be on their knees when it happens or support around veterans. >> i am just as worried about donald trump as the crazy guy in north korea. he has the nuclear code. i'm worried about that. jesse: unbelievable. allen west, i cannot believe spike lee. i can't believe they had a veteran up there teeing him up. he had all the opportunity to say the right thing and he says something so idiotic. what's wrong with spike? >> i don't k

there's no question in my mind the dallas cowboys are going to stand up for the flag. the players association said, "we cannot allow our rights to be subservient to the very protections our constitution protects. that is what makes us theland of the free and home of the brave." >>> las vegas dimmed the late last night, exactly one week after a gunman fired shots at concertgoers. it was to honor the heroes and victims and mourn those who died and were injured. police stormed the room of the shooter and described the scene inside. they talked about finding stacks and stacks of magazines and rifles all over the room. also an elaborate surveillance system. >>> yesterday federal investigators returned to stephen paddock's home to comb for clues and take pictures. >> yeah, but no word on whether they found out anything new. investigators say so far they've chased down more than 1,000 leads but can't figure out why stephen paddock carried out the mass shooting and then killed himself. las vegas is offering help for victims and people affected by the mass shooting at its family

i don't think it's too much to respect the flag and the national anthem.nt down is lot of people speculating the vice president went to the game planning to leave anyway. many members say they were told not to get out of the vans because he was probably going to leave early. colts were playing the 49ers that's the team where the protest of racial inequality and police brutality began, remember cold inkaepernick. the president tweeted i asked if any players needle disrespecting our country, i'm proud of him and second lady karen and that was followed up saying a the trip by vp presence was long planned the players showed such disrespect. this is how kellyanne conway defend accusation that it was >> i've been with the vice president and mrs. pence probably 20 years worked with them for a decade including when he was governor. takes a lot to get that man boiling and to refer to somebody who is standing up for the flag and all it represents to hundreds of millions of americans and all it signals to the world, our veterans, our unity, the founding of our great

not the flag. the height of disrespect of the flag and anthem is mike pence using it as a stunt proper as opposed to what is really for from the highest ideals of the country what the players are trying do taking a knee and calling america to be as good as its democratic promise. >> this will come as no -- this won't make anybody feel unified but a win win for everybody. folks who don't like what they saw from mike pence can see a stunt and the president and mike pence can say they are standing up for the flag and that's what this issue is. it's not -- it's doing nothing to -- what it is becoming doing nothing to unify only to divide. it seems further. mark, paris, thank you, guys. >> thanks. >> happy to [ inaudible ] people's day. >> thank you, mark. >>> this is just in to cnn. epa chief scott pruitt announcing the agency will overturn a major environmental rule from an obama era rule dealing with greenhouse gases and climate change. what do we know? >> well, kate, this was one of the big ideas on

the world. >> then how did one player's protest over racism explode into a debate over respect for our flag. >> get that son of a [bleep] off the field. he is fired. >> what are the rules for patriotism? soledad: i'm soledad o'brien, welcome to "matter of it is almost two weeks since hurricane maria struck puerto rico and the u.s. virgin islands both u.s. territories. 3.5 million americans live in puerto rico and while fema reports 10,000 federal staff and rescue personnel on the ground that is significantly fewer than the 31,000 government and rescue workers who responded in texas and 40,000 in florida after irma. in a letter a former governor of puerto rico says thousands could die in their homes from lack of medicine and puerto rico's elected officials are saying apocalyptic and pending huge taeurpb crisis. a day after saying the shipping industry wouldn't want the law lifted president trump the jones act to lower taxes. hold-up now is damage internally. what supplies are available can't make it beyond the ports. sean williamson is in san juan working with visual ops an organization which s

what is so important, we are not disrespecting the flag. at flag gives you and i and everyone the right to disagree. there's no disrespect. no turning your back to the flag. it's kneeling. we kneel in church. what's the disrespect? tell me what's wrong? one other point, there is racial injustice in this country. that's a fact. >> brian: let me add this. condoleezza rice said this today. she's a huge sports fan and her dad was a football coach. she also grew up in the south in the '60s. you'd you guys know it was not easy. it's gone another way now. people have stopped listening to each other. you see the black power salute from the browns players. >> it's very disrespectful and by the way, when you are offending people, you don't get to define to the people that are being offended that they should not be. if you open up a restaurant in harlem and all of your wait staff or white hoods and people took of offense at it and you said no, this is my special way of entertaining my customers, all the rest of us would be rightly offended. and when i

is and is it disrespectful to not stand for the flag and does the flag exist to allow people to protest, gives them their rights. also the president coming out today and getting in a fight with a congresswoman about the death of an american soldier. we're politicizing, this country seems to be politicizing the death of an american soldier. i just want to know where are we right now? what is going on? is nothing taboo, is nothing sacred? >> of course not. this has been one of the recurring lessons of trumpism over and over and over again, and i think what this football kerfuffle shows is he just loves nothing more than to hurl himself into the middle of the most raw and sensitive and delicate culture issues, usually with racist subjects -- >> is it a culture war thing? >> race is a subtext. he'll rub every nerve raw until everyone is really, really tired, and ultimately i don't think people get smarter on these issues. yes, we should have a debate about whether -- you could ask every american do they believe in the flag standing for free speech and the first amendment, probably 90% would

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jerry jones of the dallas cowboys says any player who disrespects the flag will pay the price. jones told the "dallas morning news," "if there is anyone disrespecting the flag, we will not play. there's no question in my mind the dallas cowboys will stand up for the flag ." >>> it's been a while since we said eagles dominate, but that's what the birds did in the romp over the cardinals at the linc. carson wentz launching four touchdown throws, three in the opening quarter. the birds' defense, they bent, they didn't break. limiting arizona's offense to a single touchdown. wentz and his head coach spoke with confidence afterwards. >> we're hungry. we're never going to get too high after wins. we're never going to get too low after losses. we're going to keep plugging along. we know we're a special team. we've got to prove it every week. >> the sky's the limit. you know, the key is just staying grounded and staying focused on our job and focused on the next game. >> and that next game is going to come up quickly this thursday night at carolina. nbc10 is your official station for t

under 2 minutes, and you do not need the challenge flag anymore. thread here, i'm using it now. you still have the timeout if you had to challenge the third down spot, and catch, a drop, something. >> jim: delay hit, hunt. >> tony: now i would take a timeout. >> jim: it will be 3rd & 5 coming up. >> tony: kansas city is opting not to. you don't have to. either way, i just think that once you get into the position, you still have the timeout, you might as well save the time. >> jim: remember the big play that bowman made on the last third down play when he blitzed, forcing the incompletion. >> tony: a touch from kelce, they love him in these situations. he is lined up right there. >> jim: 3rd & 5. pressure, and they got him back at the 28. autry along with mack. and the football back. >> tony: what a fantastic job. >> jim: timeout called by the raiders. >> tony: wow, what a rush. just watch kelce, so bruce irvin, pass rusher, he goes out there, they only rush three guys, they rush three guys, and more than anybody, they do this on the go-ahead, and t

people like to stand before the flags in unity. sports fans want to cheer on teams and movie fans like the unity of enjoying a movie. anything that steals that moment from fans and both the nfl and hollywood like to applaud themselves for shining a spotlight on everything but themselves as the late-night hosts stay silent. david webb joins me now. good to see you. >> good to see you. liz: the real war on women is in hollywood and the nfl, what do you think? >> the numbers play out and the nfl got themselves in trouble by going contrary to the american people. you and i have talked about this before. it is a business story because the business of football was what was really taking the hits and not just about next week's game, they were looking at super bowl purchases. with playoff purchases. they were looking at the business of it. looking at the ticket sales, fan disenchantment, looking at product sales going down and projections didn't look good so they were losing the culture war, in effect, i guess you could say president trump

decision for you that you might not want to participate in and my opinion as someone who i love the flag, i love this country, i'm not going to accuse anybody else of not loving it but i will say when you put your politics into something like the national anthem or the folding of the flag or the viewing of the flag, that kind of puts a little bit of a nasty taste in my mouth. i'm not a huge football fan but i can tell you i would never attend a game where i had to put up with protests during the opening. the game is about football and these guys have the ability to change lives in ways that other americans can only dream of. they have their wealth total for the total nfl is like something like a small country or two. these men could instead of taking a knee hit the streets, start making some real news by making changes in inner cities in america, start giving back. i know they already do but give back more. they want to see change they should be that change. >> dagen: stacey i'll point out you're an air force veteran so you have been-- >> stacey: absolutely. >> dagen: you've been at peop

the following day, a neighbor started flying a confederate flag. >> the realtor fears that the flag isoing to offend potential buyers and says the neighbor refused to take the flag down. >> news 4's amee cho is live in the neighborhood right now. amee, you started asking questions about this today and then something changed. what happened? >> reporter: yeah, pat and erika, that's right. as you see behind me that flag has since been taken down. when we first got here this morning it was still up. we were able to get some video that will show you now. the flag first went up about two weeks ago, one day after the house next door went up for sale. the realtor for the home tells me the flag has made her job tougher. several interested buyers now thinking twice about wanting to live here. we tried to get in touch with the homeowner who put the flag up. she told us over the phone she has no comment. we also >> you take up arms against the united states, and i say that having ancestors who fought on both sides. so, you know, if you take up arms and you lose, great. you fly that flag now, you'r

i knew when the retreat is played, you're supposed to pull up your car and salute to flag. hat donald trump is the commander in chief of the united states military, and he doesn't know that. and he's going around telling people they shouldn't kneel during the national anthem, that's at the height of hypocrisy. >> i think first off last night he's at an event, he's taping it live. i don't think he knew what was going on in the moment. the natural thing to do was to fill that moment until you figure out what's happening. >> let me finish -- hold on, let me give you some context. he's at a mill ter installation, theb members of the military were there, they stood up. >> correct. ask you also know when an audience is behind you, you're not looking behind you. the people behind him, all of them were standing. >> he joked about sean hannity's ratings -- >> right, i think most people -- again, it was outside their inside. it's not like it was in a room mooch. >> there are different standards outside and inside. >> if rule is when you're outside, you're to pull over your car, stop w

the united states, mike pence, he left the colts-49ers' game after players continued to disrespect the flag, the anthem, and of course, our military. also tonight, republican house majority whip steve scalise, remember, victim of that shooting, he will respond to the left's call for gun control after the vegas shooting. and tonight, we have two major announcements, big ones, you don't want to miss. but first, tonight's important breaking news opening monologue. this weekend more and more disturbing accusations disturbed about hollywood executive and major, major democratic donor harvey weinstein. after mounting allegations of sexual harassment, weinstein was fired by his own company. that's good news. details of what weinstein is accused of doing are beyond shocking. what is even more disturbing is the fact that for 30 years this guy has been praised by the left, by liberals, by hollywood and democrats. let me explain. a website analyzed 1,400 accepted speeches. he ranked second. meryl streep called weinstein "god." and she's speaking out against weinstein in the face of the allegations. wh

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