>> that's not a thing. >> -- even customs that say there can't be any action. what the tradition is, is that there are no overt actions dealing with a candidate for office between labor day and election day. now, the president is not on the ballot, but the theory behind pushing the september 1st date is that he's not officially on the ballot but he is metaphorically and politically on the ballot very much in these midterm elections. >> dana bash and michael zell din, thank you so much. coming up next, it only took one game of the nfl preseason and president trump's already engaged in a feud with players over, you guess it, the national anthem. how much of this, though, is political strategy on trump's part? and what is the nfl's next move? also, her anti-immigration rant was beyond dog whistle.