These stories are all ahead this hour. Welcome to the viewers a in the United States and around the world. Im natalie allen. Im George Howell in the newsroom in atlanta. Newsroom starts right now. 5 00 a. M. On the east coast and we start with a feud between the u. S. President and professional sports. It got even more heated on saturday after the president disinvited the National Basketball champion Golden State Warriors from visiting the white house. He said in a tweet, going to the white house is considered a great honor for a championship team. Steph curry is hesitating, therefore, invitation is withdrawn. Nba star lebron james fired back calling the president a bum. He added this. Going to the white house was a great honor until you showed up. The warriors responded in lieu of a visit to the white house we have decided well kruktively use our trip to the Nations Capital in february to celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion. The values that we embrace as an organization. Heres
At cnn World Headquarters in atlanta. Newsroom starts right now. Thanks again for joining you. A feud between donald trump and professional sports is getting even more heated and now the controversial practice of taking a knee during the u. S. National anthem has spread to major league baseball. The pitcher of the oakland tl z athletics may be the first to join the tension against Racial Injustice. He tweeted this. Going to the white house is considered a great honor for a championship team. Steph curry is hesitating therefore invitation is withdrawn, exclamation point, from donald trump. Nba star lebron james fired back calling the president a, quote, bum. He added, going to the white house was a great honor until you showed up. Is it started friday when mr. Trump blasted Football Players who refused to stand for the National Anthem. 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 right now, out. Hes
we are the champions, and we are not going to this white house no matter how much of an honor it is. we won t be there. erica rene davis, thank you so much for taking time with us. of course, mr. trump not just picking fights with athletes at home. he s also trading threats and insults with north korea. at the u.n. tuesday he said the u.s. would destroy north korea if forced to defend the u.s. or its allies. saturday north korea s foreign minister responded at the u.n. general assembly. the absurd reality a person like trump, a mentally deranged person, full of megalow mania, the person who has chastised even by american people as commander in grief, lying king, president evil, is holding the seat of the u.s. president and the dangerous reality that the gambler who grew old using threats and all other schemes to
so, what donald trump did is what he typically does before he could look like the loser. he made sure that his opponent was the loser. i really think a lot of the warriors for standing up and standing in solidarity and saying, we are not going to support a white house that continues to divide our country based on misogynistic values, based on racist values. you know, based on dividing the country anyway that it can. and it s not just a knock at trump. it s a knock at his supporters. it is speaking out against people who support him in his administration and it takes a very strong leader, steve kerr, the head coach of the warriors, and it takes a very strong organization to say, we re not going. we are the champions, and we are not going to this white house no matter how much of an honor it is. we won t be there. erica rene davis, thank you so much for taking time with us. certainly seems like the president is becoming the great divider. the rhetoric pretty plain,
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.