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Later, the situation is still is here, but its rising to a more fashionable instant that athletes are banding together, owners have banding together, locking arms to indicate a need for conversation, to indicate a need for the communicative attitude in moving forward. youre not going to like everybody, but i think everybody should understand the need to move forward by conversation. and its impending to actually understand that type of road. because its very necessary to move forward in this cou...

Thats a no-brainer. >> jack, how might this be playing out in the locker room? especially when you have a number of owners who supported the president before, but how is this playing out among teams and with the owners or even the coaches or whomever who may have supported this president? whats that look like right now? >> i think its definitely uniting the locker rooms. right now these players are coming together. i mean theyre locking arms. i mean this is ridiculous. and don, i want to tell yo...

Fashionable instant that athletes are banding together, owners have banding together, locking arms to indicate a need for conversation, to indicate a need for the communicative attitude in moving forward. youre not going to like everybody, but i think everybody should understand the need to move forward by conversation. and its impending to actually understand that type of road. because its very necessary to move forward in this country. >> heres what i think. this is just my gut. i dont think c...

But at the same time theyre looking out for their best business interests. and when those two coincide in opposition to what the presidents saying, for them, thats a no-brainer. >> jack, how might this be playing out in the locker room? especially when you have a number of owners who supported this president -- im sure it was fine before, but now you have the president coming out calling players sons of bitches, but how is this playing out among teams and with the owners or even the coaches or w...

Its the coaches and the owners. youve been covering this for a period of time. >> donald trump has essentially galvanized owners and players over the same issue. there is a very big divide between not just whether colin kaepernick is resigned and whether or not this whole anthem protest is going to work or not, but most owners would prefer these athletes stood and didnt alienate any of their customer base. now theyre locking arms with them, another shocking development. the nfl players associati...

Escalating free speech and race. many players beople booed the p who kneeled yesterday. those are the people who demand respect for the flag. donald trump said, this issue of kneeling has nothing to do with the racist issue. it has to do with respect to the flag. colin kaepernick, this photo taken exactly one year ago. but take a look at yesterday. players, coaches, owners at stadiums from los angeles to philadelphia, london, everywhere in between, locking arms, some kneeling, some staying in th...

Anthem saying they should be fired or suspended. players responded league wide by locking arms, standing or missing the anthem altogether. this as a show of their rights. now back to "lockup." due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. >> inside clevelands cuyahoga county correction center, walter cooperwood, admitted boss of the heartless felons gang, is allowed one hour a day to spend outside of his cell. he was put on 23 and 1 lockup status for fighting. >> lets get somethi...

Parents. so that gives you an idea of the kind of problems people here are experiencing, kate. >> just unbelievable, rafael. and is there any estimation of when theyre going to get the power back on? >> reporter: the main focus right now is trying to distribute fuel because a lot of the power plants here are operated by fuel, and so the roads are not in great condition and that has been a challenge, kate. >> it is everything. the roads are impassable. there is no power. water and food becoming s...

Arms with the players, the owners, most of them white, locking arms there on the field. do you think that this is a tipping point? will bob kraft still support donald trump after this? will these owners say different things now? >> i cant read bob krafts mind, but its very clear theres almost no one in the nfl who wants to support or rationalize the tone and content of president trumps remarks. so -- where it goes from here, im not sure. where i hope it goes, though, is that its one thing to tak...

That, but also the russia investigation which continues to linger in the background of everything that this white house does. certainly a curious time for the president to set his focus on this. >> boris sanchez, thank you so much. lets talk more about this now, about this league wide nfl demonstration today. joining me now to discuss this, michael eric dyson, sociology propresser. also with me cnn political commentator ben ferguson. thank you to both of you for joining me. michael, you first. h...