Fresh undies for a good cause. And its not even ratings month. This is monday, september 25th. From abc news, this is world news now. Every time you get a reminder of why you spent 60,000 on that journalism degree, you have fresh undies for a good cause. Thank you Sofia Vergara. Thank you. Well dig into that a little later on. But were going to start about the controversy that a lot of people are talking about. President trump going head to head with players who dare to take a knee or sit during the National Anthem. Nearly every member of the Oakland Raiders refused to stand for the anthem, joining players around the league, outraged by President Trumps call for any team owners to fire anyone protesting on the field. Abcs Richard Cantu has more. Oh, say can you see reporter after the nfl sent a clear message to donald trump all day sunday, taking a knee, locking arms, some players raising fists into the air, the president is somewhat backpedaling on some aspects of his attack on nfl pl
Buttons in their games. Were going to check out this little girl baffled by this Outdated Technology wondering why that gameboy isnt a touch screen. It is a mystery on this monday, september 25th. From abc news, this is world neworld news now. Wait until we give her a cassette player. Lets start with the controversy and backlash growing at stadiums across the country, sparked of course by the president s criticism of Football Players. Many stayed seated, took a knee, or locked arms in a show of solidarity. The protests started last year in opposition to Police Brutality and racial injustice. But President Trump says his comments have nothing to do with race. Last night, the nfl aired a commercial called inside these lines, depicting the league as a unifying force. It was a commercial they aired during the super bowl but decide last night would be fitting. Heres abcs mary bruce. Reporter on this football sunday. Oh, say can you see reporter the nfl is sending a pmessage to President Tru
The seattle seahawks, Tennessee Titans and Pittsburgh Steelers. As stuart pointed out, ratings are down from last year continuing a trend weve seen through this relatively young year. Were three or four games into it. The read from charlie gasparino, and Fox News Contributor kevin jackson. Kevin, i want to begin with you on this because your view is that whatever people might deem to be the right for players to speak and express their point of view, i agree with the president what he was saying about them. Could you explain that . Absolutely. Look, donald trump has brought to the fore, the peak element in the room that we shouldnt be talking about social issues. This is not just the nfl. This is affecting countries and corporations all over the country. I want you to consider these multimillionaire black men are protesting an erroneous set staff tis i cans. Look at fallout to black men like myself, just normal guys out there making a living. If you protest as multimillionaire with the
Addiction. Looiid like to say good morning. We originally scheduled this for 10 00 a. M. Welcome to the National Press club. My name is jamie. I help guideline the committee here at the club. On behalf of the 3,000 members of the press club and our president i want to welcome you here today and welcome our guests. Before we get into introductions of our speakers, i havent really done this before. I chaired the Headliners Committee for the past couple years prior to when we made it part of the news maker committee before we made it the Headliners Committee. I never really talked about the process of how we select something to be either a news maker or a headliner. It seems like before we had the hurricanes and the earthquakes, the National Disaster we were talking about was the Opioid Crisis. As the counter goes t wasnt th it wasnt that long ago. We thought it would be important this particular week when we thought congress would be dealing with the budget to talk about this. Because ho
Congressman henry cuellar. It is from laredo. He has been serving in congress is 2004. One of the reasons im excited to have him here today is that he is an appropriate her. Which is inside washington jargon for he helps decide how we spend our money. If there was anything that i was told in the aftermath of hurricane harvey, the five most important members of congress are john cornyn, listener majority whip and the bright appropriators. This is a bipartisan effort. He is a democrat so he will lead the efforts by the state of texas to get as much money for harvey as possible. And to my left is a man from louisville elected 2002. He is the most important texan from congress on healthcare issue. I was asked if he was the quarterback of the effort for healthcare reform and he said im the water boy. He is very important in this issue. I can tell you both, follow these guys around the capital, annoy them, i asked them questions and i very much believe in their issues. They work hard and im