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The anthem protest. talk about where the players heads are today on a day when they may not be able to speak as freely as you are. >> well, you know, i think that in this situation the players really have a choice to make, and thats are they going to stick together or are they going to let the owners win because the upcoming cba is already poised to be one of the most contentious in nfl history and this is the perfect opportunity for the players to make a statement to the owners saying, you know...

Ryan went into these meetings with patty murray for, because he gave a radio interview yesterday about how they were able to achieve this compromise. i want to play for everybody how he thinks the percentages went on who got the best deal. take a listen. >> they insisted on turning off all of the sequester and getting rid of it entirely. for the next year and a half, we keep 70% of the sequester. so they got 30% of what they wanted. i got 70% of what i wanted. no tax increases, no stimulus spend...

This is a pr hold that is about to go down? why would they risk this, in your opinion? >> well, think about it more broadly from a bargaining standpoint. in particular, things like the payroll tax cut and any kind of stimulus that the republicans feel that they can eventually stomach, thats a great thing for them to trade away at the end. maybe they dont hate that much but know that president obama really wants. when youre late in the negotiations, thats when they are going to begin to give thin...

For the republicans from a bargaining standpoint in terms of getting what they want, which is the tax reform, rewrite of the tax code, dealing with entitlements. unless they get stuff now they are not going to get it later. they are much less likely to get it later. the president figures they can take them right up to the edge and their nerve will break at the end facing a tax increase for all federal income tax payers. that enough of them will come over to expose top income earners. this is bec...