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Now, the line between politics and sports always sort of controversial, always critical of one side or the other for stepping over that line. that line has now been obliterated. the raiders, the owners have spoken out as have many owners around the league. one of the interesting parts is many of these owners -- im losing my umbrella. many of these owners have in fact given political money to president donald trump who thought in alabama opening this fuse by criticizing colin kaepernick and other...

>> i disagree. >> can you really argue there is not a racial component to this spat? >> no, maam. because it doesnt matter if youre purple, green, or blue. the president of the united states is so passionate, and me as a son of a retired sergeant major who fought two tours in vietnam. my wifes dad, two tours in vietnam. all my uncles. we fought for this flag so we could have all types of religions and all types of people under this flag. so the flag protects all of us. so yes, its emotional for ...

Sweet! back to the nfl controversy, the president again pushing for nfl players who kneel during the anthem to be fired. these are players at games that began at the top of the hour, kneeling in direct response to the president. the white house insists the presidents position was not racially motivated. the white house legislative affairs director making this defense earlier today. >> in the nfl, players who take

Solidarity with his players there. lets go to met life stadium in east rutherford, new jersey. any minute now, the dolphins/jets game is set to begin. what youre seeing there is the steelers/bears game in chicago. those steelers, all of them, stayed inside the locker room, and they protested by not participating in the national anthem publicly there. back to rutherford. lets go to morgan radford there for us. morgan, are we expecting any kind of reaction or statement from either team there? >> r...

Were just getting word, watching national anthems ahead of 1:00 p.m. eastern nfl game starts. we have been perusing all of these games, folks. we have seen players from the saints, the patriots, the dolphins, the buccaneers, they have not all stood, some have been standing together locked in arms. some have been kneeling. we also can note that tom brady of the patriots, he did come out on the field. he stood there with his team. his head was down. his hand was over his heart, but perhaps most no...

>> right, but see alex, okay, so what is the premise of this issue? if we ask, what is the reason? you know, for example, is it because theres not enough african-americans playing in the nfl? is there not enough african-american coaches? at the end of the day, and im not trying to dance around, because i have a rich history of civil rights in my father and uncle who marched with dr. king back in atlanta. so i get it. but what im trying to figure out is, like, where is the base. where is this goi...

Where we like and where we dislike. >> this isnt about that. youre talking about what you sign up for. theyre not signing up to stand for the national anthem. >> so what is the -- >> period. >> -- what is the protest about. where are we at? >> youre supposed to know that. youre on the show. youre supposed to know what the protest is about. >> i cant hear. >> the protest is about -- youre talking about fair play. its not fair play if youre a young black man and getting blown away in the street. t...

But, you know, this is unfortunate because its the national ant anthem and they neo respect the military. look, at every professional sports game, you do see a tribute paid to service members. this is not about disrespecting the country or disrespecting members of the military. and in fact, earlier in this hour, morgan radford interviewed a man who said just this. this is not about that at all. this is about people who dont have a voice and the nfl standing up for those people. i think that is a...

Theyll be kneeling during the national anthem. we have the pittsburgh steelers who just a few minutes ago, remember, many nfl games kick off at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. the pittsburgh steelers today fulfilled what their coach mike tomlin said they would do, and they stayed inside the locker room during the national anthem. meanwhile, such a person as the secretary of the treasury, steve mnuchin, is weighing in on this. hes calling for the nfl to pass rules to forbid them. he says this is a workpl...

From london, we had wembley stadium earlier today where we had evidence on both sides of the field there of players taking a stand against president trump and his condemnation of those athletes who have chosen to kneel in protest of his comments. >> of course, one of the presidents early supporters strongly condemning his comments about the nfl players taking a knee during the national anthem. rex ryan, former coach for the buffalo bills. here he is this morning. >> im pissed off, ill be honest ...