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Safety standpoint, not just toll collector put in jeopardy but potential motorists passing by. Reporter chp says many vehicles on the road when the robberies occurred, even the one that happened overnight. Thats why hoping to hear from witnesses. Number to call is abc7 news. Three people including two Oakland Police officers injured in crash early this morning, international boulevard and high street at 3 45 a. M. Officers responding to shooting call when suv collided with another car. Both officers and other person taken to hospital but now released. Tonight Community Leaders in san jose call for increased Police Accountability after eighth shooting. People acting in community together, p. A. C. T. , join at 7 00. Want to expand the role of the independent police auditor. After shot and killed jacob dominguez, a known gang member, while vaechkting driveby shooting. And expected to hold hearing after man shot holding hostage. Standoff ended when police say the man fired shot inside the apartment. Officers then went inside and shot the man. The mans wife and children were not hurt. New report, mixed picture on crime in the United States. Overall crime rate fell in 2016 for the 15th straight year. However the murder rate up for second consecutive year, mostly because of the jump in large cities, especially chicago, 20 of the national increase. Heres how the number of murders broke down in the bay area, metropolitan areas. East bay, oakland, berkeley and hayward, 169 murders down from 176 in 2015. San francisco and peninsula the same with 67. South bay, san jose and surrounding, 58, up from 45 in 2015. We got played is what uc berkeley officials are saying tonight after free speech week was abruptly canceled. Will now cost the university upwards of about 80,000. At cal live with latest, which includes a heavy Law Enforcement presence on campus. Lyanne . You can see some behind me. 20plus years covering uc berkeley never seen so much security here on campus and now finding out it may not have been necessary. Milo yiannopoulos was the only speaker to show up yesterday as part of free speech week. Outdoor rally lasted 15 minutes. Rightwing political commentator guarded by security got into suv and left. Other speakers had already announced they were not coming. Including louisian wynne trich who emailed cal. Received a call from one of the speakers and said dont you know what isg . Reporter in the email dan wrote, wait, whoa, hold on a second. What exactly are you saying . What were you toldly milo, inc. , was it a setup from the getgo . Responded yes. Expected to cost the university 800,000, eight to ten Law Enforcement agencies were brought in. Today dispersed around campus. Only rally was ultraleft group, some of members covered faces and prevented reporters from attending the event even though on University Property which is public and did the same from mainstream media. I understand you have a job to do, our priority is peoples protection. Same group that briefly took over wheeler hall. Were not going to change the ability and right of students to bring speakers to campus. Reporter and cal is committed to protecting students regardless of the price tag. Live at uc berkeley, abc7 news. California joined 11 other states and District Of Columbia in the fight or voter rights. Urging throw out ohio system, target voters who have not voted in two years. American Civil Liberties union and new york based says violates, sued and won in lower court. State appealed. Good afternoon. We check ought live doppler 7, the skies are pretty clear. No rain but tracking fire danger. Red flag warning for north and east bay hills until 5 00 wednesday evening due to gusty winds and low humidity. Be extra careful out there. Beautiful picture from sutro tower, 79 in oakland, 80s. Half moon bay, 72 degrees. Plenty of sun from the kgo roof camera. Sunshine over the golden gate bridge. Seeing more of that. Mild conditions for evening. Clear skies late. Starry night expected. Temperatures by 10 00 in the 50s to 70s. Warmup has begun, only going to get warmer. Back with look at forecast with the temperatures coming up. Sky 7 over a fire, reported on kings row road shortly after one. Took 1 1 2 hours to knock down the flames, kept contained to one building. Six cars destroyed, no injuries, cause is under investigation. Passengers onboard Allegiance Airlines flight asked to make emergency exit in fresno after smoke filled cabin. Taken by passenger. Says the crew told everyone to put shirts over faces for ten minutes until the smoke cleared. Appears didnt make emergency landing. Federal Aviation Association confirmed, exited on rear stairs, no injuries. Two Mountain Lion sightings. Man looked out front window and saw a Mountain Lion standing in the street. Area is next to Hillside Natural Area park. Earlier in the day, two hikers on grizzly peak in berkeley reported on seeing Mountain Lion. Prey on deer and turkey in the area. No way to tell if the same lion. Gets your attention. Sports world continues to fire back at the president today. People say its unpatriotic, but its unpatriotic of the president not to respect our rights. Ongoing controversy over the athletes taking a knee during the National Anthem. Plus a different sort of battle in albany. This time over a cross. Breathing new life into an old motel, how it can make a difference for families in need of Affordable Housing in bay area. Commute, this is san mateo bridge. See the jam in eastbound direction. Just east of the camera is accident in hayward. Know youll need a lot food. Water. Internet. We need it to live. But what we dont need are surprises, i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. You got me, mark. We just want fast internet for one, simple rate. For all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all. For the this. Internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. The sports world is continuing to fire back at President Trumps remarks that nfl players should be fired for kneeling during the National Anthem. On sunday more than 200 players, coaches and even some owners came together, some locking arms and other kneeling as the anthem played. In eporter king james denouncing President Trump. The people run this country, not one individual. And damn sure not him. Reporter those remarks just the latest from the sports world where athletes, coaches and owners are firing back against President Trumps calls for players to be fired. Wouldnt you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field . I disagreed with what he said and thought it was zwiesive. Reporter strong showing of unity spread coast to coast and overseas where the jaguars and ravens played in london. Titans and seahawks stayed in locker rooms. Surreal scene. People say its unpatriotic, but its unpatriotic of the president not respecting our rights. President praised nascar, a league with considerably fewer minorities than the nfl saying the league wont put up with disrespecting our country or flag. Today the white house asked about the disparity to response to protesters in charlottesville, cited heritage not hate to nfl players protesting police brutality. It protest is about police brutality, protest the officers on the field pct them rather that the the american flag. Reporter when asked if president regrets calling american citizens exercising their rights saying it was always appropriate to defend the flag. Some of the strongest reaction on social media is military family and veterans. Divided. My grandpa is 97yearold world war ii vet and missouri farmer who wanted to join with those who take a knee. Those kids have every right to protest. Many veterans tweeted using ta. Others tweeted disapproval, using nflboycott. This said how about inviting instead of ingrates. Saying National Anthem should be moment to stand together as one United States of america. Speaking of standing. Pittsburgh steelers tackle who stood during the anthem is becoming a hero to many. Sales of nfl jersey going through the roof. On the nfl shop website, when you sort jersey by top s via knew afva is leading the pack. Topping carr and rodgers. Anthem issue is becoming a deal but discovered most bay area fans dont want to talk about that. Radio hosts had a feeling the nfl protest would dominate four hours on the air this morning. Knew people would be passionate and ready to let them vent. About being heard, having a conversation, different points of view and listening. About twunds nfl players protested in the National Anthem, including many oakland raiders, entire offensive line sitting on the bench in the anthem. But gang opened up phone s, only got one call about the players actions. I was shocked. Thought would be lit up entire day. Instead the callers wanted to talk about the loss to the washington redskins. One Sports Writer linked them. Raiders sat for the National Anthem and never got up. Whats on your mind . Brought up topic again, got a few calls from listeners who also tied the protest to the loss. Derek carr wouldnt link arms or being somewhat close to teammates, looked like a little bit of division and when the game started, felt like something was off. Hosts werent too sure blaming carr and political thoughts on the loss will you understand when i dont want that in sports, i totally get it. Sports is way to escape. Team need to do so get ready to face the denver broncos, theyll be ready to face the results. Number of bay area students getting sayn the subject. Stud oents who took a knee afte school in alameda and the expected protest at tonights as game. Bay area restaurant is trying to help immrants facing deportation by the Trump Administration, benefit for daca program for childhood arrivals in the u. S. 250 to 500 for eightcourse gourmet dinner. One speaker was part of daca, also known as d. R. E. A. M. Er program. My role as previous daca recipient, going to be sharing my story on how daca changed my life and how unfortunate it is that this opportunity is now being jeopardized by the administration that we currently have. The dinner already raised roughly 9,000. Money will help members of the daca program pay registration renewal fees as lawyers continue to challenge the Trump Administration in court. Gorgeous weather but heating up a little bit more. Shorts are back. Hang on to them. Going them. Nothing but very warm weather for the bay area. Live doppler 7 right now sawing you comfortable conditions with just a few wispy clouds across the region. Temperatures running higher in egst areawo ts,fio tve compared to 24 hours ago. Mt. Tam cam, still a little bit of a breeze but its above average warmth next few days. High fire danger through wednesday and cooler end of the work week. First thing in the morning, upper 40s to upper 50s. Chilly in north bay valleys. Only sign that we have the autumn chill around. Temperatures, highs for tuesday. 93 in gilroy, 90 in san jose, a ntsa wararclma, day. San mateo to mountain 85, hit 81 so far. 86 in oakland and hayward. 88 in the valley. Inland is low to mid90s. You can download the accuweather app and keep track of the temperature swings. Its going up next few days, then down for end of the week into the weekend. Here is look at accuweather sevenday. Warm to hot on wednesday, going 80s and 90s, not just inland but coast and bay, warmer than average. Head into thursday, temperatures begin to come down a little bit. But well call it warm. Cooler day for friday. Thats when you notice a reverse in the wind direction, temperatures will begin to fall, cloud cover increase and cooling continues over the weekend. Mid60s to mid80s to friday, saturday, sunday close, coming up a little bit. And monday upper 60s to mid80s. Fall brings us warm weather. Levis stadium. Manification charges. Hispanic heritage month on instagram every day. San franciscobased latinos in finance is Top Organization of latino professals in the finance industry. Over 1,000 members, mentorship, student workshops, works to increase the impact of latinos in hard exhalation honey . Can we do this tomorrow . grunts of effort can we do this tomorrow . If you have Heart Failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization uld increase, making tomorrow uncertain. But entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest Heart Failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, tomorrow. When can we do this again, grandpa . Well, how about tomorrow . Ask your doctor about entresto and help make tomorrow possible. Well, how about tomorrow . A new drama premiers on abc7 tonight about a young doctor Freddy Highmore plays sean murphy, a prodigy in fictional hospital. Preview of the show called the good doctor. W are you . Ho hello, im dr. Sean murphy. Theres no doubt hes a talented surgeon but not everyone believes he will be an asset to st. Bonaventure hospital surgical unit. Savants syndrome and autism. Immediately starts a debate between the powers that be in the hospital. Autism, difficulty in communicating, does it sound like im describing a surgeon . Dr. Murphy struggles to connect with those around him and skeptical. Only advocate challenges prejudices of the hospital. Its really a show about how someone who is facing certain challenges is able to begin the process of overcoming them. Murphy must use his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and prove himself to fellow doctors. She immediately i think connects with sean and realizes that he is special and intelligent and brilliant and should be given a chance. The shows creators say while its medical drama, also humanizing medical problem. Ive done my research with literature and documentaries and trying to learn as much as possible about what not only its like to live with autism but the history of it. Wabc news, los angeles. The good doctor premiers at 10 on abc7, followed by abc7 news at 11 00. Man is facing charges after a dangerous train surfing stunt in australia. Clinging to back of speeding train in perth, standing on narrow ledge with windshield wiper to hold on to. Reaching 70 miles an hour. Transport authority arrested him nest stop and facing trespassing charge. Lucky wasnt killed. Kids watching, discourage you from that. Growing tensions with north korea today. As high as theyve been inan. The tweet that north korea claims is call for war. At at t, we believe in access. The opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. And because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, weve created access from at t. California households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify mehor ernt i no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. Visit att. Com accessnow to learn more. And here are the stories making headlines at p says two l takers got away with over 4,100. Carquinez and bay bridge in 24 hour span. Wearing black hoodies and latex gloves driving black mercedes sedan with paper platelets reading car max. Uc berkeley campus. Far left united against right wing violence tried to stop media covering the rally. President trump is talking about the anthem. Issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race, its about respect for country, flag and National Anthem. Nfl must respect this. Another tweet is stirring up problems with north korea, over the weekend said north korea devote wont be around much longer. Top north korean diplomat says that gives them right to make countermeasures. Elizabeth hur is live with details. North korean Officials Say President Trump has declared war in the tweet you mentioned. White house Officials Say that accusation is simply absurd. North korea firing back to what it claims as declaration of war from President Trump. North koreas foreign minister earlier called President Trump a mentally derienked person who committed irreversible mistake at u. N. To which the president tweeted, just heard foreign minister of north korea speak at u. N. , if he echos thoughts of little rocket man, they wont be around much longer. Says that gives them right to shoot down even if dont enter air space and threatened to Test Hydrogen bomb in pacific ocean. My sense is tensions as high as in anybodys recollection, a big point. Saying the time is now for the u. S. To specify what will not be tolerated to avoid a military confrontation. Over the weekend, rising tensions on display in north korea with thousands rallying against the u. S. As u. S. Military in continued show of force with south korea flew bombers north of the dmz, farther than any time in nearly two decades. Weve not declared war on north korea and frankly the suggestion of that is absurd. Late this afternoon, sobering from National Security adviser h. R. Mcmaster. Pressed about the situation, he said the hope is to avoid war but athis point we cannot discount that possibility. Reporting live, abc7 news. President s announcement of new travel ban has prompted u. S. Supreme court to cancel october 10th argument in the case. Restrictions on eight countries, iran, syria, libya, yemen, somalia, and now north korea, venezuela and chad as well. Sudan taken off the previous ban. Changes take effect october 18th. President says its required to keep the nation safe. Advocates for immigrants condemning newest incarnation of the travel ban calling it abuse of president ial authority and potentially unconstitutional. California Advocacy Group is calling for President Trumps impeachment. This new billboard on the interstate 80 off the bay bridge. President trumps face with words impeach. Costs 1,500 a week and up until october 1st. Encourage campaign to encourage congress to begin proceedings. Campaign founded in 2005. Today protests, discussions and arrested on capitol hill over the latest health care bill. Made changes to sway the holdout senators. I would like to welcome everyone. I do mean everyone. Reporter before the Senate Finance Committee Hearing could begin, protesters removed, some fwr wheelchairs as they chanted in favor of new health care bill. Lot of us on your side, lets have order. Reporter Graham Cassidy bill would give states more flexibility to craft Health Care Coverage but far less federal funding and no guarantee of covering americans with preexisting conditions. And adds money and newly winning over senators to vote against it. When it comes to obamacare, if you dont find a way to stop the bleeding, itblee basically the collapse. Reporter over the weekend, gop senators mccain and paul saying already, also and ted cruz not on board. Talking about bill of this magnitude and colleague saying he believes this is final version, that thats good enough, talking about putting at risk millions of americans. Reporter President Trump on the rick and bubba show acknowledging may not have the votes. 52 votes. Cant lose any votes. Reporter Congressional Budget Office expected to release its score of the previous version of the bill. Even with gop uncertainty, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell says he plans to bring for a vote in week. Just a short time ago, senator Susan Collins from maine confirmed shes against the bill. More than enough republican opponents to kill it. John mccain, says doctors given him a poor prognosis as he battles brain cancer. Underwent surgery for brain tumor. Form of glee oblastoma, the same tumor that took the life of senator ted kennedy. Told news he has feelings of fear but grateful that hes had a great life. Anthony weiner, disgraced new york congressman cried when sentenced to 21 months in prison for sexting with 15yearold girl. Also fined 10,000 and must undergo internet monitoring after hes out of prison and must have no contact with his victim whatsoever. Also enroll in sex offender treatment program. Must report to prison by november 6th. Mexican Officials Say the deat the earthquake is risen to 324. More than half the deaths occurred in mexico city. Search and rescue could continue for more weeks. Recovered body of woman in collapsed school. Aftershocks rattled the capital, including a tremor off the southern coast. Governor of puerto rico urging United States to take action. 3. 4 million u. S. Citizensification humanitarian disaster. Theres a perception that Trump Administration is doing less for puerto rico than it did after storms in texas and florida. Much of the island still without power. Image from nasa, before and after the lights went out. Taking a stand over noise in the south bay, pop star ed sheeren cancels upcoming appearance in santa clara and says its about the noise curfew. Michael finney of ask finney, post questions with askfinney, answer them here in a little bit. Seeing blue skies right now, still in the forecast with rising temps. Look at numbers coming up. Rising temperatures might be the case on 101 out of san jose so the Energy Conscious whopeople among usle . Say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. Pop star ed sheeran is sending a message loud and clear with the curfew at levis stadium. Im in love with your body, with the strength of you danceled appearance at levis because of the mandated weekend curfew. Likely principle rather than monetary. 49ers not happy with the curfew, neither some city leaders. This isnt about fines but mayor trying to get in her head a paper trail of 9ers breaching contract and duet rid of the 9ers in the stidium. Asked to extend the curfew to 11 00 four times a year, offered to give money to schools and libraries for every extension, denied. Issue comes up again tomorrow nights meeting. Check out live doppler 7 right now. Pretty clear skies across the bay area other than the wispy clouds. Warming trend continues, 70s and 80s near the coast. Warm no matter where you are pplenty of sun and as you check out temperatures, santa rosa, average high, 82 degrees, well above normal next couple of days. Short of records but warmer. And temperatures fall as we head towards friday, numbers remain within a few degrees of average. Tracking Hurricane Maria still. Large hurricane, not expected to directly hit u. S. Mainland but kicks up surf and bringing surge. Hurricane lee. No threat to land. Maria causes problems with storm surge and wave impacts. If youre traveling there, next several days until it moves away from the coast will be issues. Watch out for rip currents. Accuweather sevenday forecast, warmth with beaches, 90s inland and cooling by friday. Take us into the weekend with nice comfortable 60s to 80s weather. Until they warmer than were used to. Like the weather . Hit sandhya up. Unusual move to turn motels into Affordable Housing. Bay Area Community making investment. Michael finney, what are your rights if you arrive late to your flight . How the shape of your some people may turn to the east bay to find a place to live because its generally less expensive compared to San Francisco and south bay. But city of fremont is getting pricier, city leaders interested in different Affordable Housing, ground zero, hotel the islander on mowry avenue. New project under way. Reporter sprawling landscape of fremont. New construction mixed with old, prices to own and rent keep going up. In our neighborhood, prices for houses over a million. Reporter used to rent but had to move in with aunt to make ends meet. Fremont is out of the question now. Cant afford anything. One bedroom about 2,000, 2,100, its difficult. Reporter city officials realize theres need for Affordable Housing and saw opportunity on islander motel. Built in early 70s and next to it, two vacant lots of land. Great location, couple of blocks from city hall and really or city council pruced up approved 500,000 loan to nonprofit developer to convert into Affordable Housing. In talks about the owner to buy the land and build 70 studio apartments and around 60 units for families. Youtt p probably know, rents ha been skyrocketing in the area. Reporter nonprofit plans on gutting property and doing complete renovation, rent for two bedroom, 425 to 1,350 a month. That w so nice if thatou blde would happen. Reporter also seek funding from county and state. If the city does approve the planning, construction could start in 18 months. Reporting from fremont, abc7 news. Would hold meetings with the community to get feedback before anything is approved. Real estate Brokerage Firm red fin named hottest neighborhoods for rest of the year. Three area neighborhoods. Golden gate heights in San Francisco. Buckinal in san jose and glenview in oakland. Coffee manufacturers may have to post warnings on their brew. Lawsuit back in court today. Nonprofit claimed that starbucks and 90 other companies not following state law for warning signs for chemicals. A natural byproduct of the coffee roasting process. Coffee companies lost the first round add now present s last defense on the subject. Hes back. Welcome back from vacation michael finney. Answering questions from facebook and email. There is a company that is not honoring the warranty i have with them, what do i do . Call me. If youve asked, call me, let me take care of it what im here for. Telephone number is 9548151, open week days 10 00 to 2 00, or go online. Complaint forms there. Tell us the problem and well take care of it. Can an airline deny you boarding ticket if you arrive for the flight. Probably cant. Probably completely legal. Just doesnt fly anymore to push it. Most airlines tell you to be at airport two hours before your flight. At gate half an hour at very latest. When you say 45 minutes, hour, 1 1 2 hours. If you miss deadlines, airline is allowed to give seat away and depending on what is in the contract, its perfectly legal and dont give you refund. Asked on behalf of all ladies, why is that Williams Clothing always more expensive than mens . Virtually the same product. Theres lots of examples of that. Pink tax, extra money that women. Pink tricycle was priced at double the price of the blue, only difference was the color. Now for services its illegally to charge more for gender difference but products, every woman is out for themselves. Often avoid the color pink to get the best deal. Isnt that sick . Ridiculous. And pink paint doesnt cost more. A pink razor costs more than blue. I checked it out. Record your 10 to 15 long second question on social media for facebook page. Thanks michael. F nasas unmanned spacecraft bound for the sun is under way at Johns Hopkins university. Today offered a sneak peek at the parker solar probe. Nasa will launch it next june, fly into the suns atmosphere, coming within 4 million miles of the suns surface. Sounds like a long way but its very close. Sace agency hopes it will answer time old questions about how stars actually work. Close look at fiances face. Researchers say they cracked. Face to high height ratios, mor likely to cheat. More square or boxy the face, more likely to cheat. Researchers say facial structure may be sign of hormone exposure in key periods of development. That sounds farfetched but who knows. Efforts to remove a landmark in the city of albany, group behind the down. Construction to clogged streets, driving in San Francisco is no picnic. One supervisor says he knows who is really to blame. Reports that former white house strategist steve bannon tried to plant a mole in fa. Okbo dog california competition. All that and more, abc7 news at 5 00. dog panting another 2am stroll, huh . Im worried. I have this medical bill. Dave, you have anthem, and they have people to talk to who are empowered to help answer any question you. dog grunting, panting is. Is he okay . Real people . Living and breathing. Hopefully not breathing like that. For all the things that keep you up at night, Anthem Blue Cross has a solution. Coming up ton onig abc7 at 8 00, dancing with the stars, then premier of the good doctor and abc7 news at 11 00. East bay lawmaker surrounded by controversy. White cross on albany hill in city park but maintained by lions c iblut uha tp on occasions. Easter and other after almost 50 years may be about to change. Albany city council was dismayed to learn that in departure from practice w on monday september 11th. Latest chapter on debate brewing for years and reached boiling point. We understand the religious symbol on public park land is violation of the constitution, state and federal. But lions club says its no the that simple, white cross been there since 1971, it was private land. City acquired the land, came with easement allowing lions club to maintain the cross. City had ten years to say this wasnt the deal. We want you to clear this land for us. Didnt do that. Now the lions club is suing after staff asked to expect the electrical wires and workers turned off power. Say it was safety issue. City concerned about the fire hazard in the area given the proximity of the homes and eucalyptus trees and drought. Lions club thinks it was dirty move. Want them to partner with them and move to private land. Dont want to follow the law to acquire property, twist the lions club arm by taking property away. But city saysim gone. Removal from public land, unfortunately needs to occur through a judicial process because of the suit filed. Reporter city claims tried to negotiate when citizens were calling. Part of the grass roots efforts by east bay atheists who say religious symbols pubtli dc la. Lions club suing for damages including pg e bills and alleged violation of free speech and freedom of religion. Abc7 news app, enable push alerts to be the first to know about local news where you live. Abc7 news at 5 00 starts now. I have never been more ashamed of the country i live in, or more proud of the people that are in it. Teachers and students in alame alameda wade into National Debate and invitation to take part had a lot of rsvps. Looking for men who robbed toll takers at two bridges. This crime happens with surprising frequency. Angry about the traffic in San Francisco . One supervisor says he knows who to blame for it. And should be held responsible. When you say that someone cant or shouldnt do something at work, then you are limiting your vhe tfiy er onrs your job is not the pla it needs to be done. If debate is for them about police brutality, should probably protest the officers on the field protecting them instead of the american flag. Disagreement and dialogue after President Trump said nfl players should be fired for kneeling during the National Anthem. Im dan ashley. Im kristen sze. Eric reed wrote oped in New York Times about why he took a knee with Colin Kaepernick in last years anthem. Said the killing in his how many town disturbed him. It has always been my understanding that brave men and women who fought and died 4 your ld free id so to ensure we society which includes the right to speak out in protest. Sales are soaring for one player standing on the field during the and anthem. V v villanue villanueva says he supports