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Think flag represents white red, white, and blue all americans. people died for that flag, the national anthem. stand. if you have an issue, something else going on. talk about it and find another way to protest but not during the national anthem. steve: a lot of people in the country say they should be able to express themselves freedom of expression. we asked you what you thought about it and we have got some commence. focomments. first comes from michael if any kneel or turn their backs they ...

Mommy i thought was where the rubber hits the road. the fact the players are saying im not comfortable with this deal is stunning to me. ainsley: what will make them happy? giving $100 million to issues that are important to take a knee. steve: how far the nfl will go to stop the anthem protest. 49ers eric reid they are fed up and look, we are leaving this players coalition that did the negotiating. look, we are not on board with this idea. ainsley: all the owners are going to dallas for a meeti...

Continue to heighten these sort of cultural divides with issues like the flag issue and kneeling during the anthem and that sort of thing. hell continue to use these issues to keep them on board as best he can, but i think they will leak away, and i think people, when they see whats happening to their health care, when they cannot afford to keep grandmother in the nursing home, when bad things happen to them, they really are only going to have one place to turn. i dont think theyre going to blam...

Put their hands on their hearts for the national anthem. >> yes. youre exactly right. and i couldnt help but think yesterday when pence walked out of this game that he is playing ton audience of one. which is the big boss, the president. i think the president was very happy to see the vice president take on his pet cause. this is something that trump has been pushing for a couple weeks now. in part frankly, according to the sources i talked to because trump is worried he is losing his grip on hi...

It just is and everybody accepts it. and now we have a situation where the presidents ripped the scab off the old problem. >> i think the president made a miscalculation although i do believe he thinks hes winning this. i think theres -- >> tell me why you think that. >> he thinks its a way to divide people. he thinks rallying around the flag, which he has had some success -- >> he thinks its a flag issue. >> he thinks the flag issue, national anthem issue and, chris, it is uncomfortable watchin...

Of the four marines and one sailor killed. mr. boehner wanted to honor the five servicemembers for their courageous service. the question lingers whether the white house will do the same. we expect to hear from the president on this issue ten minutes or some this comes as new information from about the accused gunman and fox news exclusive from one of the shooting scenes. john roberts is live with more. john? >> reporter: jenna, good morning. lets head to the flag issue. i talk with chattanooga ...

Future which i think south carolina is destined to have. >> you talk about a host of other things and not to be forgotten is economically here the impact especially with the boycott for the last decade the naacp lifting that. and also its moratorium on predetermined regional and post-season competitions in south carolina. talk about the effect thats going to have on the state, as well. >> well im sure its going to have some positive effect. the impact of the economic boycott is frankly, hard to ...

Thank you so much joy. >> and for more lets bring in nbc news senior political reporter perry bacon. this is far broader than south carolina, as you know. tell us whats happening in columbia having a larger impact nationwide? >> youre seeing the republican party, i think if you look at what we saw the republican chairman call donald trump yesterday and said, please tone down your comments. i take this and the flag issue in south carolina as well to say the republican party is aware they have the...

A republican governor or democratic governor i think at the end of the day, would not have mattered much. i think its nice that you acknowledge david beasley, many people argue he lost his election for the governorship his second term based on the flag issue. he was followed by jim hodges who was there in aten distance and i saw governor riley who was later secretary of education as well. there in the immediate forefront right behind the governor she signed the bill into law. i think it was a ne...

Why that is offensive. and b, to have the flag taken down only 150 years later. and that it took the deaths of nine good people to really bring about this moment is really sobering. but it is good news that the country is coming to terms with its past. and it is impressive that there are a lot of republicans down there who have been on the other side of the flag issue who found it in themselves to say, wait a minute. this has gone on too long. this is not the right symbol for the state of south ...