the nfl is that way now. the espn's of the world are that way, and this guest clearly is coming from the left saying -- i believe in all the left agenda, anything that disagrees with agenda, i willr write sports columns about it and point out everyone is wrong unless they are left. host: your response. guest: that is not true. i think what we are so divided in this country right now where people dismiss ideas and say, that is left-wing propaganda. i am not talking about left-wing propaganda. i am talking about terence crutcher's body in the streets and no justice for his family. i am talking about a woman who weighed less than 100 pounds, who called the police herself and was killed by police in front of her home. in front of her children. that is one of the things that inspired michael bennet to get out there. they should not have to be a right and left issue. this is about right or wrong, and that is what these players are trying to do. raise the issue of criminal justice and have a national conversation abo

should the nfl help make that declarative message? >> yes. onal 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 filled with roles where if you had cleats that were honoring those that died on th9/11, fwo two players were fined $6,000 for wearing them during warm-up. players are fined for not having their socks pulled up. there are a lot of messages. the biggest day of protest on the nfl is the day after donald trump t

right now the nfl was hurting from the concussion scandal. i'm a mom, a lot of moms and dads are out there are weighing whether they want to register their kids in the football league because they're worried about concussion. the last thing the nfl should be doing is giving parents more reasons to not love the nfl. >> look, i think that soccer is going to take over the world if this keeps up. i mean, between this and between concussions and between the domestic violence scandals, allowed these guys to continue playing despite all of the allegations against them, juan, you know, every time i hear the national anthem, you've heard me say this before. i sing it, i was a former singer, i get goose bumps. it's part of who we are and part of the country. i get it free speech and all that, however, these guys are working for people. they're receiving a paycheck to go out there on the field. so, why not just do what the fans want you to do? >> you can't just do what people want you to do if it's contrary to your principles and beliefs. trish: getting

this is "the daily briefing." nflroger goodell set to hold a news conference in moments amid the controversy surrounding player protest during the national anthem. follows two days of meetings between league officials and players, as well as team owners. goodell said the league did not ask the players to commit to stand during the national anthem. a move president trump called, quote, a total disrespect for our country. we'll take you there as soon as it starts. meanwhile, we are awaiting the white house press

another group that is inexplicable, the nfl. heir own by laws call for them to stand on the sidelines with the helmets on in their left hand and hands over their heart. we haven't heard about punishment or discipline. it is appalling what we are watching. >> it is selective enforcement of their own rules because so many people in law enforcement remember when the nfl forbade the dallas cowboy for honoring the cops that were killed in the ambush that was sponsored by black lives matter relevant cops. so many of the owners and players that go along with sheep and with the kneeling gesture. it stems from collin kaepernick who wore socks that depicted cops as pigs and a t- shirt ofifiedel castro and praised the education over americas. this man is insane and people are not understanding what the gestures are endorsing. and the fact that they are doing it overseas is all the more obnoxious. >> lou: this is a fight that the president will win. but he is resolute and right. >> we are the land of the free because of the brave. let's not

the nfl for his protest. he one of the top 70 quarterbacks in the world? absolutely. is the reason he's not in the nfl because he protested last year? absolutely. the second thing is, these pageantries of patriotic pageantry that happen before a game are relatively new. >> they are. >> it started with, first, a $5 million offer from the department of defense to the nfl to fly these planes across and have streaks of red, white, and blue, and all this pageantry is an effort to recruit folks to the military. so i don't want to conflate -- like, this is not the history of the nfl. this idea of having these large pageants before the game has never been inherently a part of the game. and the folks -- the nfl players who have decided to protest with that time are respected by me for doing that and should be honored for doing that. >> you want to wrap this up, larry? >> i think it's a great point about kaepernick being blackballed, 'cause let's not forget, there's an element of hypocrisy when the owners linked arms w

i am encouraged with the nfl protests. i support colin kaepernick and it is unfortunate president trump going that far with the comments that basically enraged the whole nfl and that is unfortunate because now people take actions and i agree with them. i am afraid with what is going on with russia. we need to do something. our congress needs to focus on cyber security. much influence is very, very scary. disaster,o, with the our federal government response is hideous. we ought to be ashamed. puerto rico ought to become a state. we to take care of our people in thank you. host: thank you. the cover story of the weekly standard -- can he be stopped? our last call, republican line. quick comment from allen. go ahead. caller: thank you. i work in charlotte spurred at a charlottesburg and ideal with a lot of diverse -- i do not want to just say black -- a lot of americans to come in who are air force, state troopers, they come in, and they want to know why we are not concentrating on the black on black, which is 9000 deaths in t

how much of a problem is that in the nfl? players being drugged up so that they don't feel the pain and go out and play and the effect that that has on players as well? >> i can't comment on that. i play sod long ago, it was a different era. there was a lot of drugs back in the 1970's and 1980's and there were a lot of guys who were being shot up to play in games. mr. carson: it was like novocain or cortisone or something like that. i am really far removed from the game, perhaps he can share, he's more recent, he's the baby of the group here. he can share his thoughts. mr. levy: i think they've gotten better with it the last few years. my first few years in the league, i could get vicodin like skittles. any anti-inflammatory, pain killer to get you through the week. and as a player, i mean, it's on the doctor's hands to control it, i think, and monitor, especially when consider some of the psychological effects it may have, maybe him going in four times a day and getting two vicodin each time is not good. social security a --

that the nfl doesn't inform the players about the risks of cte? >> listen, this is a matter of litigation, so that's something that's going to work its way through the litigation. i think there's been a great deal of focus on this issue of brain trauma. we've been through a great deal of litigation on this issue and settled a major case on concussions, so we'll let the lawyers handle that and deal with it. yes? >> roger, ron mott, nbc news -- ron mott, nbc news. when you talk about supporting your players, what form or forms will that take? because some people reasonably presume if players felt that this league were truly on their side and supporting them in these causes and concerns, they would not take a knee, so how is this going to manifest going forward? sticky political and social debates. >> okay, i'm not -- we're not afraid of the tough conversations. that's what we're having with our players. that's what we had yesterday to make sure we understand one another and understand where they are coming from. and i think out of those discussions

it's a good group. >> absolutely still to come on sports sunday we will take a trip around the nfl andcowboys look unstoppable. >> don't want to hear that. >> talk about that next stay with us. it's the rest of the day's sporting news coming right up on action news sports sunday. big game they are 3-2 and do the math if you look at 3-3 and 6-1 and we lost twice that is a big difference and 4-2 and 5-2 we are in the thick of things. >> trying to confuse me with his math but saying it's a huge game for his team do you agree with that? >> the math man is throwing me off a bit but jay got it right when you cut through all that yes it is a big game number one it's a monday night football and national tv and show philadelphia off in a very positive light we got two teams that historically don't like each other that always adds to the suspense of the game and you know it is the nfc east and nfc east between new york, washington and dallas no one likes each other so let's get it going tomorrow night. >> division games are huge for the rest of the day in sports we bring in jeff skversky, jeff.

the nfl is very, very frustrated. tell you, he did not kowtow to the president and is saying that the players don't have their constitutional rights, saying that the nfl doesn't believe that the players should be talking about their social justice, activism. that's not what they're saying at all. but again, the president has been bullying the nfl, really, for lack of a better term. and the nfl, i don't think they've been able to get their hands around this pr crisis. so here we have owners who are clearly on the inside and in bed with the president and you've got the nfl who is trying to navigate these political waters. >> some owners. >> some owners. >> there's a difference in opinion among the ownership right now. >> yes, absolutely. >> david gergen, one thing is crystal clear to me, which is that the president is fanning the flames here of the culture war or culture divide. someone estimated this morning he's tweeted 30 times about the nfl. which is a lot, when it's not an issue i think that, you know, people go to

reporter: a question about the nfl, roger goodell, the commissioner of the nfl earlier today said all players should stand during the playing of the national anthem. earlier this week, there was no change in policy as it relates to the nfl mandates that all players in the nfl stand for the national anthem. does the president believe he's winning this argument, or has won this argument, as it relates to what he said about whether players should stand for the playing of the national anthem? >> it's certainly a step in the right direction. as we've said many times before, the president supports standing for the national anthem, saluting the flag, and honoring those men and women in uniform that fight to protect it. reporter: sarah? thanks. does the president feel as a matter of principle that it is not adequate to simply send a letter of condolence to the family of a slain service person? as president bush and president obama typically did? and does he feel it is not adequate for president obama to have sent a letter to general kelly, but not call general kelly on the death of his son? >

i think the nfl will try to move on. i think you will still have nine or 10 players who will want to use the space to raise bigger issues. host: on the democrat line, michigan. quick question? caller: i had a comment, actually solution. this is not capitulating at all in my opinion. at the end can kneel of the game, they can kneel in silence at the end of the game and that can expose the issue they want to address. host: some players do that anyway to say, think, god they did not get hurt during the game. that is a postgame prayer ritual some players do. guest: i will tell everybody, it is not in anthem protest, it is a protest during the anthem to raise attention to these issues. i think that is the part that has gotten this attention. we would not have the discussions we are having without it. this protesting during the anthem has to and will remain. we don't have time to talk about it but people should look up john brennan, the former head of the cia and the statement he issued, describing the rain the anthem as a patr

you've worked with nfl owners on the construction side of things. at do you think of now this dispute, this battle that nfl owners are faced with? does it make sense? >> well, i think once again there's in so many things, my close friend jerry jones has shown the right way. he's confronted the problem. he's a genuine american hero. i'm glad he did it. >> you're glad jerry jones did it and you think the rest of the nfl owners should? >> i think they should do what jerry jones did. i don't buy appeasement and hiding behind problems. i think we have to face the fact that this is america. that's our country. and we need to be prepared to honor it and defend it. >> well, freedom of speech is part of our country. >> oh, sure. but these are employees. if they're my employees, they'd be gone by now. >> well, what if your employee -- excuse me. what if your employee was president trump? would it make sense for someone whose job is to protect the american people, fight for the american people to launch this war with the nfl with all the things he's got to do?

wisconsin governor scott walker sent out today to the nfl and the nfl players association.ime for players in the nfl to stop protesting during the anthem and move on from what has become a divisive political side show. instead i encourage them to use their voices and influence to take a stand against domestic violence. with the owners and players meeting tomorrow during domestic violence awareness month, now we would be -- now would be an especially opportune time to strongly condemn domestic violence and lead the charge in supporting safe families across america. not to take anything away from that cause, that is a very good cause, but why does governor walker think that he can just tell the nfl players what causes they should be using their platform for? >> look, i think he's as a governor has a right to say what he wants to say. and put out a letter. i don't think he's forcing them. he's giving them another idea. i'm kind of over this nfl protest thing. i think the nfl is in serious trouble with their fan base now. i think they completely misjudged this issue, and i thin

the nfl wants or the players, i'm sorry, wants the nfl to help them promote their causes and the thingst they care about personally and not just on a level of being able to do it during the offseason but doing it during the season. the nfl has a huge platform, a mega platform that the players want to be able to stand on and promote their causes. >> dante, scott, great to see you both. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> coming up for us, 18 states taking president trump to court after his controversial decision to defund obamacare subsidies, to cancel the payments to health insurance companies it was supposed to go to helping low income americans afford health insurance. the next major legal drama for the white house, that's next. complete the job with listerine® help prevent plaque, early gum disease, bad breath and kill up to 99.9% of germs. listerine® bring out the bold™ >>> it was just thursday night when the president announced that he was canceling payments to health insurance companies. these are subsidies that help low income americans afford insurance. a big part of obamacare.

a full slate of games for the nfl this sunday morning. ussion continues surrounding player protests in the nfl and players kneeling during the national anthem. >> the nfl said on friday it has no plans to mandate players stand for the national anthem. let's talk to cnn sports christina fitzpatrick for more. >> good morning. this weekend the league and the players association, they actually put out a joint statement earlier in the week of another nfl sunday coming up regarding no changes when it comes to standing for the anthem saying there has been no change in the current policy regarding the anthem. how to make progress on the important social issues of players. this agenda coming together will be discussed at league meetings this week. commissioner roger goodell actually invited the executive director of the association dean smith to join the meeting. according to league spokesman joe lockhart, goodell has a plan to -- player representatives using a nfl as a platform to promote -- at these meetings the owners will be able to review the

the website nfl arrest .com tracks all their run-ins with the law and leaves those we know about. ince 211,218 arrest of nfl players for drunk driving, 100 for drugs, 98 for domestic violence and 74 for assault. in fact, dallas cowboys owner jerry jones has had so much trouble with his players crimes that he has hired an ex-cop as the teams fixer to make their arrest problems quickly go away. according to wells the troubling stats are noble. he says that for every incident that generates a negative headlight ten are handled without the public's knowledge. how reassuring? even after the horrible ray rice pro football is still prioritizing victories over the victims of the players bad behavior. during this year's draft at least half a dozen players who have been accused of physical or sexual assault were welcomed into the league with open arms. that includes jacksonville wide receiver jd westbrook who was twice arrested on domestic charges. although donald trump never managed to buy in an apple team with the league experiencing a public relations crisis and now the ratings that plumm

if you look at the nfl and the nba, i like to look at organizations as they are, nfl, tax exempt whichsalary for people to be annoyed with him for making 44 million dollars a year. they can pay execs what they want. here's the difference as far as the issue is concerned. the nba a long time ago said if you play for any one of our teams, you must stand during the anthem. i think it's just an organizationally differently, or quite frankly, in line-run organization where they took the pressure off the players, they took the pressure off the owners and said if you're in our league, here's the rules, right? it's very clear cut. neil: i thought there were rules like that? >> for the nfl. there's a lot more gray area, which is why we're seeing this. so it is left to franchises and i feel like, okay, if you are running such a bms, you have to publish them and make the owners and players sign off and you don't have all of this, and you don't have sponsors threatened and you don't have controversy which at the end of the day from a media perspective, right, these teams want us to talk about the

this is "the daily briefing." nfl commissioner roger goodell set to hold a news conference in moments amid the controversy surrounding player protest during the national anthem. follows two days of meetings between league officials and players, as well as team owners. goodell said the league did not ask the players to commit to stand during the national anthem. a move president trump called, quote, a total disrespect for our country. we'll take you there as soon as it starts. meanwhile, we are awaiting the white house press briefing. attorney general jeff sessions is testifying before the senate judiciary committee in a hearing that's already had its share of highlights including a testy exchange with senator al franken about russia, and multiple questions about what he knew about the firing of fbi director james comey. katherine herridge is at the hearing. feels like this hearing could have been hel several months ago. it's like the same topics. >> reporter: there are several questions they focused on the russia case

a question about the nfl. r goodell, the commissioner of the nfl, earlier today said that all players should stand during the playing of the national anthem. earlier this week there was no change in policy as it relates to the nfl mandating that all players in the nfl stand for the national anthem. does the president believe that he's winning this argument or has won this argument as it relates to what he said about whether players should stand for the playing of the national anthem? >> i think it's certainly a step in the right direction. as we've said many times before, the president supports standing for the national anthem, saluting the flag and honoring those men and women in uniform that fight to protect it. >> sarah, thanks. does the president feel as a matter of principle that it is not adequate to simply send a letter of condolence to the family of a slain service person as president bush and president obama typically did? and does he feel that it was not adequate for president obama to have sent a let

the president defended our nation and value and flag and all that represents. nfln and the nation, at least they cherish, 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 h lombard oh frolombardo from thes police department. we'll pause for one second for our stations can joi

they really represent corporations, branches of this big corporation called the nfl. but, you know, it goes back to some of the things of our childhood, what it means. and i think right now for a lot of people who do support this, they see this as an opportunity for these guys who have a huge spotlight to use it. and why not? but then, you know, there's in enormous backlash too. >> kevin, of course we saw this in some ways begin with colin kaepernick although there were other things that we'll get to later that happened before it. but the issue seems to have morphed from when he started the focus on police brutality and racial injustice. do you see it? it seems to be changing almost every game day, including last night in green bay. >> yeah, i think it really does. i think one of the disappointments, i think colin kaepernick has and many of the athlete who's are protesting is when donald trump enters the fray, then we talk about him, and we're not talking about the issues that they really want to talk about and that they want to address. and a lot of those things are,

the patriots are now the second most valuable team in the nfl. 2014, buffalo bills. he puts in a lowball bid. doesn't get it. the owner of the buffalo sabres gets the team. donald trump live tweets during the new owner's press conference saying he wanted nothing to do with the nfl and this is a bunch of losers. his whole existence with the nfl is one of rejection, rejection, rejection, rejection. this guy, if we know anything, he carries grudges for a long time. >> certainly does. long memory, president trump. jeff pearlson, great to talk to you. congratulations on the new book. it's going to be a great read for so many. >>> we need to take a listen to the author tanitia colts earlier on "meet the press" talking about how the race conversation has been front and center since president trump took office. >> i think this is a moment where people are seeing it. i think the capacity for people to forget should not be underestimated. and i don't so that sort of blankly. we had a war in this country from 1860 to 1865 where large numbers of americans died and the price of sl

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why doesn't the nfl put pressure on a team to make sure that kaepernick gets signed? d a chance to sit down with the president to talk about how he has turned this into something that it's not, what would you say to him? >> you know what? talking to 45, i don't think he would even listen. you know, he does things his own way. they're irrational, they're off kilter. it's something that we're not used to. just like the segment before this, i don't know how we can keep up this pace as a country, because every week there's something. and he has new enemies every week, and new gaffes every week. but his consistent thing is, is bashing obama, hillary, and now it's the nfl players. but the nfl players are fighting back. community leaders are getting involved. so this thing is not going to be settled, because the whole thing is -- the owners want this to go away. they don't know how. but they're going to have -- next month you're going to have soldiers and people being honored during this month. >> marvin washington, thank you sir. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >>> when

the nfl is worth $14 billion and our team here the redskins is worth $3 billion. it's number eight on forbes top 50 list of sports teams. the idea that we would be giving federal taxpayers subsidies is the idea of pouring gravy on the thanksgiving table. it's horrifying to me. david: and, mike, you went through a litany of all the money that the nfl could lose as a result from advertising, and from a whole lot of things if the protests go on. thursday night, remind viewers, thursday night they linked arms, but they stood during the national anthem. do you think the nfl's getting the message? >> i do. and in fact, so are the other leagues, david. the commissioner of the nba came out this past week and said, nba players will be required to stand during the national anthem. don't think that nba or the other sports aren't watching what's going on in the nfl. david: e-mack. >> i think that mike is absolutely right. by the way, the nfl has a federal anti-trust exemption, and the head office, the headquarters, the umbrella organization is a nonprofit. yeah, i agree with

that's the nfl.the shield in front of america, this is the honor being an nfl player but have yet to honor those in the nfl. hypocrisy that's been there forever. until they stand up on the issues as far as that it will remain the same. >> in a time crunch now. address the speed with which the nfl responded to donald trump compared to the pace, the very slow pace, with which they addressed domestic violence amongst players and their families? >> because no one was threatening them around violence in issues they should have dealt with, but when the president brings up, a., your nonprofit status, tax dollars, if you lose that, and, b., that you're lowering ratings, doug said, saying to advertisers, don't spend money with them, nobody's watching. you react because you need to stop the president from threatening your advertisers, and by threatening your taxes which is why the public needs to deal with the advertisers saying we won't be watching and won't be dealing with you. that's the only way you balanc

the nfl's national anthem controversy is not going away. hillary clinton sliding with the cop haters and now the man who started it all, colin kaepernick has filed a grievance against the nfl claiming that the league colluded to keep him from playing. really? are his charges true? we investigate. all in our breaking news opening monologue. the fallout continues for hardy weinstein. after multiple accusations of sexual assault and harassment, harvey weinstein is now under criminal investigation both in the u.s. and united kingdom. when sting could face serious charges they could put this mogul behind bars. we are told it could be up to 25 years. harvey weinstein's own brother bob weinstein is now calling his siblings sick and depraved and telling the hollywood reporter "i want him to get the justice he deserves. that's his brother. on saturday morning, the most and picture academy voted to boot the once revered director from its membership. sadly, this is the same motion picture academy that still recognizes and worships a convicted roman pol

and i think the nfl is another example of that. and so i'm not saying that he bungled the call because he knew it was a black woman on the other side. i don't know. but i think his ability to see he could get out of the mess, the political mess of not having talked about the loss of these lives by attacking a democratic congresswoman who is an african-american woman. i think it plays into that psychology that he has and that political strategy. it's very calculated on his part. >> he doesn't mind getting into a public battle even with people who support him. i think it's -- everybody is fair game as far as he's concerned. he'll pick a fight with anyone. >> even with parents who lost loved ones. your paper and this network have been all over this story. where do you think -- it seems to me some of the questions that are unanswered are whether there was any contact from president obama and anyone in the kelly family. he's now asked us to go look into that. do you know the answer? >> i don't. i know the white house said yesterday there

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and the brass of the nfl. reports all during the week saying goodell has met with players, met with owners. he spoke with the chairman, the president of the players association, who is reportedly saying that goodell wants this to end. he wants to find a way out of this. so far, we still see this hodgepodge of protests. you mentioned 9:30 this morning eastern time in london when that game kicked off overseas, three dolphins players kneeling. most players now appearing to choose to kneel before the anthem and stand with linked arms as the anthem is playing. still sort of a grab bag and a mixed reaction from the players. and certainly from the fans. alex. >> okay, mike, thank you so much. appreciate that live report. to continue the conversation, i'm joined by jarvis green and by boston globe sports columnist dan shaunse, also correspondent for the journal review, erin mcpike. jarvis, i'm going to reach out to you first. i want to get your reaction to what we saw in london this morning. most players standing for t

people, the nfl seeing the ratings totally plummet. u're a leader like you're supposed to be, roger goodell at nfl, is this really worth it? here to discuss, ford o'connell, ford, look, you know, one of the arguments, that i heard last night from leo terrell, it is great. the nfl really cares about its players. the nfl is trying to understand its players. that is actually something that roger goodell did say, they're trying to understand what is motivating the players to do this? but i got to fire back with this, ford. as the nfl cares about the players, guess what, they would have done a whole lot more in terms of being out in front of the whole concussion issue. because that actually affects those players. >> well there is a lot of issues the nfl should be out in front of but i'll be honest with you, the owners created this problem all by themselves, now they don't have a way out of the box. basically they have gone back to square one, trying to pacify the players without as losing many fans as possible. quite clear a majority of the

the nfl has lost and lost resoundingly. roger goodell could have nipped this thing in the bud last year, but went silent. finally today, 14 months after this thing, an nfl player kneeled during the anthem, roger goodell makes this namby-pamby, milquetoast, middle of know where nothing statement. come on good gel, show leadership. this is the united states of america. trish: why did it take so long? viewers said we would turn it off and has economic implication to it. >> he was scared. think about the whole concussion issue that the nfl had to deal with. trish: domestic violence. >> domestic violence against women the nfl had to deal with. roger goodell is running scared, because players in the league, not all of them, some bad apples in the league making life miserable for all of them. trish: he makes millions of dollars a year, you mentioned domestic violence, concussions another big one. >> yep. trish: this tugged on heartstrings of everyday americans, does this mean, david, perhaps his days might be numbered? >> look all

also a new statement from the nfl about the anthem controversy. will we see more players take a knee today? we'll show you what happened so far at a game overseas. behind bars no longer. the call to keep o.j. simpson out of florida hours after his release from a nevada prison. >>> let's go right to nbc kelly o'donnell about 15 minutes or so away from the president's golf club in bed mminister. these new tweets about north korea, they are certainly raising quite a few eyebrows. >> we have come to look at the tweets of the president as statements of official policy and u.s. government opinion. not just the otheutteerance and stands out here is the official divide between the secretary of state and the president on the threats of what to do with north korea. we often hear rex tillerson especially at the u.n. general assem bletalking about the need for diplomacy first. and yet the president in his remarks there back in new york talked about the potential to utterly destroy north korea, if provoked. so, today, it is notable this new series of tweets. f

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that is the future fan base of the nfl. t will happen in the future with the nfl. the owners want something. they are thinking who are my season ticketholders in 20, 30 years. that is the anti-trump, pro eminem crowd. >> as if on cue, president trump just sweettweeted about the nfl. it is about time that roger goodell of the nfl is finally demanding that all players stand. roger goodell has given guidance to stand. president trump obviously supports it. what's your take? >> trump is saying something that roger goodell did not say. goodell said he should stay. that is the exact same guidance that is in the manual. the nfl has not changed its demand yet, and i don't think it will because they are going to have a meeting next week. that is the focus now for so many people. but the reality is the nfl is not saying they must stand. they are concerned about jerry jones. he can't go rogue and go off on his own. i don't know that we will see the nfl saying players must stand. it is against the collective bargaining agreement to chan

there is the nfl. there is the issue and the controversy about players again kneeling to protest police brutality today, that happening for a second week in a row. we have our worksheet out. we've been following every game over the last two weekends so far. when you look at what they are doing right now, these players, as they are protesting, we understand why they're doing it, but why is the president so obsessed with focusing on something that for them is so personal? he doesn't seem, again, to be passing the empathy test here. >> that's because this dishonest president is again playing to a certain part of his constituency, pointing to those athletes, those black athletes, for the most part, who are rich. they're doing better than you're doing. and look at them, they're disrespecting our flag. you're absolutely right, it's not about the flag. it is about a protest and to say that there's something wrong with the young, black males in particular and people who are being killed at the hands of the peop

the nfl has decided that it will not force players to stand for the playing of our national anthem, totalr our great country. jason reed is senior nfl writer for espn's the undefeated and joining us from new york where the team owners have been meeting with the nfl commissioner roger goodell. tell what you've learned. why did the league decide not to force the players to stand? >> well, wolf, there's no mechanism for them to force the players to stand in the nfl game operations manual, what it says is that players should must be on the field and that they should stand. they would have to rewrite the rule book, the game operations manual during the season. then there's a question of the rushback they would get from the nfl players, the players association. to try to force the players to try to stand, i think the owners and commissioner goodell just decided that that was not a bridge that they wanted to go down. that was not a hill they wanted to die on. >> what is the league doing, jason, in response to all the issues that have emerged involving these protests? >> well, wolf, there was a v

it makes perfect sense that the nfl -- i mean, again, they are in opposition to trump. half of the country is in opposition to trump. it's no surprise that we're seeing this play out on late night, with late-night comedians and in nfl football games. it's only going get uglier, i think. >> it's only going to get uglier. as you look at this here, james, is there a way around this? because again, i look forward to the nba season, look forward to what's going to be a very busy college, high school football season in other sports. >> richard, unfortunately, there already is a little bit of ugliness. i don't know if it's going to get any uglier, but if you look at charlottesville, if you look at the information that we have about law enforcement and the communities they're charged with serving and protecting, look at what's going on in st. louis right now with a former law enforcement officer who was essentially exonerated in a case where it seems as if he had a premeditated murder of an unarmed civilian. i mean, the situation is already ugly. we have a president who is more

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