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There is criticism of his -- shep, look, yes, he speaks to his base and riles up his base. theres a lot of voters in the united states. he has to be careful of antagonizing the voters. >> shepard: generally speaking, we say base but were talking about 30, 35% of the population. are they being misled about what the justice department and what the media are doing? >> weve talked with the president about the president not always being on speaking terms with the truth. you decide whether or not that...

Smith. he said if youre going to tweet, tweet facts. nobody took a knee last year. some players stood with their fists in the air in protest of plys violent. the nfl said they were disappointed in the cancellation saying this decision by the white house has led to the cancellation of several player-led community service events for young people in the washington d.c. area. not clear what was cancelled since two or three players were planning on being in attendance. no question that relations betw...

Lets go to john bussey, associate editor for the "wall street journal," whom this network shares common ownership. theres a lot of lies. theres some that haveleaded guilty, to items regarding russians, others that are charged with items regarding ru and theres those that lied with items regarding russ and now all of these investigations and the push backs and the national anthem and the philadelphia eagles. this is not normal in america. what is this? >> its an argumentative president that today...

Distinction. the american public realizes that she works for us. so does the president. >> shepard: so does he. >> yes. were paying their sally. so how does this shake out? why? pressure from the mue igation continues to mount. this is like a siege engine rolling up to the castle. you imagine him sort of attacking sessions because of that frustration. you imagine him speaking this way about the eagles to try to make this a patriotic issue when its not. you can argue just as effectively that the ...

As well. the eagles stood at every time. none knelt. a small number was showing today so he cancelled their event and said the philadelphia eagles disagree with him and standing for the national anthem. st for every game last e team season. after the president scrapped the event, torre smith tweeted as follows. so many lies, shake my head. one, not m people were going to go. two, no one refused to go simply because trump insists folks stand for the anthem. three, the president continues to sprea...

Sobsnd urging nfl owners to fire them. john roberts is live now. john? >> shep, good afternoon to you. we didnt get to the south lawn because the briefing was so long. so thats why were still in the briefing room. its no dispute tha the president is at war with the nfl over the issue. tonight the white house slammin the philadelphia eagles and offering a rare glimpse into the negotiations that led up to today. the white house saying and sarah huckabee sanders repeating here from the podium that ...

It turned out that only two or three players, the owner, jeffery lurie and the mascot he president cancelled the whole thing. listen to sarah huckabee sanders as she took a flame thrower to the eagle as few minutes ago. >> if this wasnt a political stunt but the eagles franchise, then they wouldnt have planned to attend the event and backed if it was president a political stunt and they wouldnt have attempted to reschedule the visit when they knew the president was going to be overseas and if th...

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