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Daughter-in-law, theyre the casualties of war. young people, those soldiers coming back with ptsd, theyre the casualties of war. so its not really about -- >> thats sheila murphy talking about the loss of her son in may in syria. shes not received a phone call or a letter from president trump about the loss of her son. joining us now, john mclaughlin, former acting director of cia and national security analyst and yeah son johnson, politics editor at the root.com and contributor. jason, just wan...

University this week people spent the day assessing what we have achieved, what i did, did not do in my activism. former mayor, former members of congress, former governors and all. and the root.com did a profile on my 50 years of activism and what i have been involved with from spending nights in jail to being stabbed leading a nonviolent march against racism to dealing with the greats like nelson mandela and others. and every saturday having rallies in harlem that i still do. i guess the best ...

But the 25th amendment. the provision by which a majority of the cabinet can vote to remove the president. when bannon mentioned the 25th amendment, trump said, whats that? joining us now, gabe sherman for "vanity fair." david frum. jason johnson at the root.com and msnbc contributor and david k. johnson who founded the d.c. report.org, a nonprofit news organization that covers the trump administration. and, gabe, i first -- i think this might have been the first program where the 25th amendment...

Legislation. as i was mentioning earlier, one of the authors there of that "time" magazine piece i was just listing some details from joins us, along with political report from npr and politics editor at the root.com and msnbc political contributor. charlotte, you penned this a artic article. we went through some of the dedays you brought out in it. for you as the author of this, what stands out. by the way, a very good piece for those who havent read it yet. >> one of the things that stand out ...

>> yeah, largely. the fans agree. a reuters poll finds that most americans, of course, do not agree with the president. 57% say the nfl should not fire players who kneel during the national anthem. only 29% agree with the president. and joining us now, colin allred, a civil rights attorney and also with us jason johnson, politics editor at the root.com and msnbc contributor. colin allred, you reaction to what the president had to say today and this week? >> hey, lawrence. thank you for having me...

Donald trump famously failed at running a football business in the 1980s. you remember the united states football league, right? well, football business expert donald trump said this today. >> you cannot have people disrespecting our national anthem, our flag, our country and thats what theyre doing and in my opinion the nfl has to change or you know whats going to happen? their business is going to go to hell. most importantly, the fans agree with me. largely, the fans agree. >> yeah, largely. ...

But it might be a surprise tonight to the president that the nfl including the owners and coaches are standing so strongly against his comments. tonight the dallas cowboys and owner jerry jones linked arms and knelt before the national anthem in what they say was a statement of equality and unity. the cowboys who are playing the arizona cardinals in arizona were booed by the crowd. joining us now, john hileman for nbc news and msnbc and jason johnson, politics editor at the root.com and a msnbc ...

Make of it because the president has been so unequivocal himself. no russia money whatsoever. its hard the make sense of it at all. the interesting thing about it is how much on the offensive they actually were and how much they were trying to push a message which seems different than they have been in the past. >> its fascinating. thank you so much. thank you for fielding questions from our colleague john heilman. he did his homework and he has the best questions of the day. joining auts the ta...

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The made in america week in an american made fire truck. root.coms steven crockett says the presidents love for big trucks feels racist. here is what sarah bond wrote about the art world. white marble is a dangerous construct that continues to influence white supremacist ideas today. now art is racist. race is often used as a weapon against republicans on msnbc. cornell belcher told brian williams the reason senate republicans want to repeal obamacare is because obama is black.