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Join them in promoting equality. >> were going to continue to show love and unity and this week, were going to ask the fans to join in as well and come together and show people that we can be connected and we can grow together. >> the packers players released a statement last night saying they represent all individuals with diverse backgrounds who desire equality, tolerance, justice and that is the reason for their display of solidarity. kneel or stand? the steelers took a vote to decide what ...

American sniper, said this at fox news.com referring to her husband chris. what people loved most about the sports, football was a metaphor for our ideal world. different backgrounds, talents, political beliefs and history is one big team with one big goal, to do well, to win together. she makes the point that when you are all in the stadium and in line for concessions and you are there for the same reason, brad. thats to pull your team to victory. and that is the ultimate sign of unity. >> mrs....

That occurred in 2016, in over 70% of them the victims were armed with guns or knives. theres a lot more to these numbers than that, thats one little piece of this, i want to warn anybody when you think about this. a spokesperson and host of dana and michael starr hopkins joined me now. if i want to start with you, michael. what you think about the fact that when you look at these movements and you look at all of these folks taking any and there are players of all backgrounds who are involved in...

>> senator, let me shift now to the other big headline today, and of course, that is roy moores victory overnight. of course, he still has a ways to go before he actually gets to washington, but is he someone you think you can work with? this is someone who said he believes that parts of the united states are under sharia law, that homosexual conduct should be illegal, that his personal belief, still, is that former president obama was not born in the united states. what do you make of his win a...

If these candidates who in this case it wasnt a normal primary, but if some of these republican mainstream senators like heller, like jeff flake,ened up getting primaried, and take it out, taken out by republicans more to the right, does that affect the national map in some way that is dangerous for republicans long term? >> absolutely. two effects i think on the republican establishment. one the map for 2018. look, just mentioned heller and flake, nevada, arizona two ripe targets for roy moore-...

All this protest from a trickle started by san francisco 49er colin kaepernick, who took his team to the super bowl. last year taking a knee in protest of police treatment of african-americans. kaepernick who now cant find a job in the nfl. >> wouldnt you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now? out. hes fired. [ applause ] >> reporter: the president unleashed this torrent of protest with his own words. >> the ...

Players of all backgrounds, of all believes. >> reporter: protests and sports have a long history. in 1967 mohamed ali was stripped of his heavyweight title and banned from boshing for three years after refusing to be drafted during the vietnam war. a year later u.s. olympians tommy smith and john cor lose protesting poverty and violence against african-americans. lowering their heads and raising their gloved fists while the national anthem played. in 1996, refusing to stand for the national ant...

Reason why kaepernick is an imperfect messenger is that you think about muhammad ali. a different time, of course, a transcendent figure, sorry entertaining even when polarizing people couldnt take their eyes off him. so charismatic and magnetic, but you need people out there articulating, as few did this weekend, out there articulating, we love our country. we support the military. we know that most policemen not only are not guilty of misbehavior but many heroic and dedicated. many are themsel...

>> no, i dont because i think its important for our president to show patriotism, to be a lead or this issue and he has. john? >> thank you, sarah. two questions. one, secretary carson recently voiced his disagreement with the president and the vice president on the runoff in alabama tomorrow. my question is not about the runoff, but about personnel. our members of the cabinet and the presidents official family, free to disagree with him on matters such as political contest. >> the president has...

More than football? we have that unique ability to bring people from all races, creeds and backgrounds to the table to have a good time and while we do that we can enjoy the game but lets talk about some of the things going on in our communities, especially the these nfl cities. i think as athletes and a league, we want to take hold of that responsibility. >> you dont have a message for president trump, but there is a very overwhelming response to his remarks and you say you dont want to divide,...