why are you focused on who is kneeling and visiting the white house? and from richard sherman of the seattle s seattle seattle seahawks, the behavior of the president is unacceptable and needs to be addressed. if you do not condemn this divisive rhetoric, you are condoning it. >> the silent protest has also spread to major league baseball. take a look here at the catcher breus maximum well of the oakland athletics. he's believed to be the first major league player to take a knee during the national anthem. during saturday's game against the texas rangers. >> let's bring in erica rene davis sports reporter with cache digital to talk more about this. erica, thank you for being with us this hour. so, this movement started taking a knee to bring attention to the issue of police brutality, to racial issues in the united states. so, the president of the united states reframing it as an issue about the american flag and the national anthem. >> yeah, george, thank you for having me.