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He, rod blagojevich, is much like donald trump, a victim of the deep state, a victim of unfair prosecution. thats not by accident. look, to the extent these people are listening to their lawyers, their lawyers may well be saying, your best case -- and rod blagojevichs case, all his appeals ran out, supreme court denied to hear it. the only option to not stay in prison through 2024 lies with donald trump. his wife knows that. he knows it. and they know at least they inkd persuade the president of...

The opportunity to even acknowledge the reason that they were protesting in the first place and he has not. and the fact that that omission says that what he -- that what is happening, he sees it like the rest of us, is okay with him. and that is unconscionable for a lot of people. even if you choose not to protest, you respect the right of the people who are. we all protest in our own way. i write, they chose to take a knee. i want them to be -- the same way that a cop -- most wo go home at the...

Of the players plan to show up. the president fired off a statement, claiming the team opposed his stance on players taking a knee during the anthem. the eagles have not said why some players chose not to attend. when it comes to kneeling, we know this. not a single eagles player knelt during the anthem all last season. the presidents statement says they disagree with their president because he insists they proudly stand for the national anthem, hand on heart, in honor of the great men and women...

Steve cortez. steve, kaitlan made an interesting point there, no indication based on our reporting that any of the players who decided not to attend that the anthem was even part of that discussion. why is the president making this an issue? is it because it plays to his political base? >> i dont think so. there is substance here. regardless of why they decided not to attend, they did decide to and made a statement about that. they decided to snub the president of the united states. it is incred...

Going to have the eagles here anymore and that is what led to that abrupt cancellation of their invitation to thehouse fo nonpolitical event. but, erica, the president realized what the optics would be if he was standing on the south lawn at an event where dozens of players and the coaches and owner are surrounding the president if it was just him and a handful of players there, what kind of message that would send and it would be reported on for days. now were focusing on it a little ahead of s...