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From a human perspective where three black english players who missed their penalty kicks were attacked in racist terms overnight on social media. whats your take on this? >> john, it would be the equivalent of players from the nba or nfl, black players being singled out for racist abuse or the national side, womens side, mens side, three black players who people felt on the outside were culpable for a defeat, being targeted with racist abuse. and its kind of symptomatic, john, of the problem wi...

Over the weekend, blasting lockdown restrictions and made this claim about government benefits. >> were here to tell government we dont want your benefits. we dont want your welfare. dont come knocking on my door with your fauci ouchy. you leave us the hell alone. >> colorado constituents receive government assistance and have received money from covid relief bills. to fact check the claims, cnn reporter daniel dale, are her comments in line with what people in her district are going through, da...

Are the reason for the problems. and i think the debate will continue. what happens happened in the last 18 months or so, i would say, on both sides of the atlantic, is that people are more empowered, more vocal, whether you are black, white. if you are seeing this kind of thing, you are calling it out. as i said before, there was a huge amount of anger, some of it directed at the prime minister, who saw fit to come out and condemn the racists when he has been racially offensive himself. theres ...

I will say that. i do think its part of it. governor pawlenty, thank you for joining us this morning. >> youre welcome. >> john? >> terrific conversation about the divisions in the country. we talked about coronavirus and how case rates are rising and how thats a concern. but there is an interesting element in some of the polling weve seen the last few days, which is if you ask people how they are doing, how their lives are, by some measurements they say great, like historically fantastic. here ...

>> no indication from the government that any changes will be coming, i think you were going to say, patrick. thank you. john? francis suarez, mayor, thank you for being with us. youre imploring the u.s. government to take action. what do you want to see? >> first of all we would love to see the white house and president make a statement, supporting the cuban people, in solidarity with the cuban people. in addition to that, the international community is now seeing, as your correspondent said,...

Before the game yesterday took the knee as well. some of these players have been getting booed for doing this. this is why. what we saw overnight is why, da darren, theyve been kneeling before games. >> you hit the nail right on the head, john. here is the thing. at the start of the tournament, as you rightly say, players were kneeling to highlight racial injustice and the issues around racist abuse. and fans were, indeed, booing. then when the team started to win and they were playing well and ...