Transcripts For FOXNEWSW The Greg Gutfeld Show 20170924 : vi

Transcripts For FOXNEWSW The Greg Gutfeld Show 20170924

Police use dogs to search the suspects car. Again the investigators have identified the suspect as 25yearold Emmanuel Sampson. So far no motive has been released for the shooting. We will have more information on the developing story as we get it. Eric President Trump says his stance has nothing to do with race but he says with respect for our country. Despite that more than 100 players sat or kneeled during the playing of the anthem, the star spangled during nfl games today as you can see. After President Trump went on his tirade against athletes who protest during the anthem, and then tweeted that those who refused to stand, he says, well, they should be fired. Hello everyone and welcome to a brand new hour of americas news headquarters. Im eric shawn. Arthel im arthel neville. It is not just the players who are unhappy with the president , a number of owners condemning the president s remarks, some even locking arms with the players in show of solidarity. We have Fox Team Coverage on this. We are live from new jersey among fans who watched the jets play the dolphins but we begin with kristen fisher, in new jersey, near the president s private golf club. Kristen, the president just recently left, but not before responding to the show of solidarity. Give us the details. Well, arthel, President Trump spoke with reporters shortly before boarding air force one back to d. C. , and he told them that he watched a lot of the games today, watched a lot of these protests, but he insists that this has nothing to do with race and everything to do with showing respect for our country and our flag. Hes tweeted about it a ton over the last 48 hours. But heres one of his latest tweets. He says, quote, courageous patriots have fought and died for our Great American flag. We must honor and respect it. Make America Great again. Now, Administration Officials hit the sunday shows to talk about other things, but also to flesh out some of these remarks. Treasury secretary mnuchin was one of them. He was asked why does President Trump seem to be picking this fight with these players and nfl owners. Why now. Heres how he responded. You know, the nfl has all different types of rules. You cant have stickers on your helmet. You have to have your jerseys tucked in. I think what the president is saying is that the owners should have a rule that players should have to stand in respect for the National Anthem. This isnt about democrats. It is not about republicans. It is not about race. It is not about free speech. They can do free speech on their own time. This is about respect for the military and the First Responders and the country. So the administration is standing firm, but many players and owners continue to be outraged, including one of President Trumps good friend, the owner of the new england patrio patriots. He put out a statement this morning that reads quote im deeply disappointed by the tone of the comments made by the president on friday. Our players are intelligent, thoughtful and care deeply about our community and i support their right to peacefully effect social change and raise awareness in a matter that they feel is most impactful. The president was asked about that remark again right before boarding air force one and he said that he still likes bob, but he disagrees with him on this one. Arthel . Arthel okay. You know, kristen, is the white house at all worried, though, that this feud with the nfl is distracting from one of the most important issues of the day, which is north korea . If they think that, they are certainly not showing it. You know, just yesterday, north korean the foreign minister of north korea, he was speaking at the u. N. , and he said that, you know, all these latest verbal provocations from President Trump makes our rockets visit to the entire u. S. Mainland inevitable all the more. Well, President Trump responded to that, late last night, actually right after midnight, and he said, you know, just heard the foreign minister of north korea speak at the u. N. If he echos thoughts of little rocket man, they wont be around much longer. So a lot of people fear that this has gotten way too personal. These very personal jabs and nicknames between two World Leaders that are both well known for having very healthy egos. The fear is that making this too personal that perhaps the President Trump and the Trump Administration could be poking the north Korean Leader kim j g jongun just a little bit too much. The treasury secretary mnuchin was asked about it this morning. This is not about personalities. This is not personal. This is about someone who is Testing Nuclear weapons. The president doesnt want to be in a nuclear war and we will do everything we can to make sure that doesnt occur. So the Administration Stance continues to be we dont want nuclear war, but if that is what north korea pushes the u. S. To do, then were prepared for it. Arthel . Arthel kristen fisher, thank you very much. Eric and from north korea back to the controversy today on this football sunday, that everyone across the country had been talking about. Well, how the fans are reacting to this on game day. We are reporting live from east rutherford, new jersey. Thats where the new york jets well, they beat the Miami Dolphins today, but a lot of the fans are talking about the president s comments. And the player reaction. Hi, brian. Hi, eric. Thats right. Ive got to say when im talking to fans here just outside of Metlife Stadium where the game took place, the main theme is that people are just they dont like the fact that this is being talked about on a day where they are trying to escape. This is football. Youre not supposed to mix politics and religion with football is really what a lot f people have been saying a lot of people have been saying. When it comes to whether or not they would boycott with whats happening, well no one really told us they would at all. But take a listen to some of the opinions. I think that our young men and women fought for us to have the right to either stand up or take that knee. Its just, you know, what we believe in, if its a way for us to get the message across in terms of what they are fighting for, why not. You know, you just have to support them no matter what. Cant we just have our sundays with football . Its like, look, im having a beer. Im trying to enjoy sunday with my wife. Were diehard jets fans and were talking about politics now. Its too much. Who would have thought. Makes you want to drink more. 100 . I mean, listen, im a veteran, man. Those guys are getting paid millions of dollars. I used to get a paycheck of 750 twice a month for the military, if you cant stand up for the National Anthem, then get off the field. I think it turned the injustice aspect against the president so it was a great move on President Trump to do it. And, you know, when you look at the ratings, eric, the sunday afternoon games, the ratings are down, about 15 this year. And when you read some surveys, like one done in july, by jd power, some 9,200 fans, well those who decided to not attend a game or to see less games, many of them, 26 say that is the most that is the number one reason why they chose to view football less and not go to a game, it is because of these protests. Obviously those who are at this bar, they still want to keep going, but it is obviously resonating with a lot of people, a lot of different opinions. The president said in his tweets, that the ratings and the attendance is down. This controversy will continue. Thanks very much. Arthel lets bring in dan kaplan, the nfl writer for sports business journal. First of all, im sure you have been on the phone with my of your colleagues today. Whats the talk with many of your colleagues today. Whats the talk . The games are exciting despite what the president said. Its been a good football sunday in that regards. Its transpiring as everybody expected it to since the president got involved with the nfl a couple days ago. Players are protesting. Owners are participating. There have been a few holdouts like jerry jones of the Dallas Cowboys, we have not heard from. Hes a big trump supporter. They play tomorrow. But by in large, President Trump appears to have done something no one thought was possible, which was unify the nfl. The players association, the players, and the much despised roger goodell, the commissioner of the nfl, who usually takes the bricks and darts but now is on the side of the players. Arthel is it time, though, for President Trump to take this off line, off twitter, call a collection of owners and players to the white house for dialogue . It would be a good idea. If you look at the cleveland browns, the first game of the year, they kneeled. And after they kneeled, there was a bunch of players who did this, the local police, the authorities, they got together with the players, and they had a different kind of protest on the second game. And that was much better received. You dont have to throw slings and arrows at nfl players to get them to listen, to get them to act, and it is a shame that the way it transpired over the last few days. Arthel so you pointed out we havent heard from jerry jones, Dallas Cowboys owner but we do have a statement from patriots owner and friend of the president saying there is no greater unifier in this country than sports and unfortunately nothing more divisive than politics. I think our political leaders could learn a lot from the lessons of teamwork and the importance of working together towards a common goal. So dan, what do you make of that statement . How should the nfl commissioner owners, players proceed from here . Should they listen to the president on a level and say, you know what . People dont want anyone coming across as disrespecting the American Flag, the National Anthem, even if it is in protest of something they hold near and dear to their hearts and want to make public shine a public spotlight on which is social injustice. Look, everyone is talking about the players having a constitutional right to protest, and they do, but the administration has a point that they could do it on their own time. In the time honored tradition of the nfl and other businesses, they should probably form an Owners Committee to figure out a more, you know, a more neutral way for these players to protest the issues of their day. Arthel you just said the issues of their day, has the original reason for taking a knee, again the players calling attention to and protesting against social injustice, been lost in the new war of words, the president versus the players, and how should that really be addressed moving forward . Well, i would imagine the issues of the last few days unless the president continues to take to twitter and take on the nfl and take on the business of the nfl, that that ultimately will recede into the background. The issues the core issues that Colin Kaepernick kneeled for and other players have supported, thats not going away. I would expect we will continue to see players kneel. Thats why if the president is serious about not having players kneel for the anthem, he should bring them to the white house. He should bring owners to the white house and figure out a way more proper way for them to socially protest at least in his perspective. You mentioned Colin Kaepernick, do you think he will get his job back because hes unemployed starting this a year ago . First of all, there has to be a gigantic smile across the face of Colin Kaepernick. He has many people in the nfl kneeling and perhaps they are taking a different look at him. Hes not been able to get a job because he was seen as radioactive. I dont see how he can be seen as radioactive anymore. My expectation is he will get a job by the end of the season. Arthel dan kaplan. We have to leave it there. Thanks a lot for joining us this afternoon. Eric meanwhile, down in puerto rico, rip currents and surf along the u. S. Southeast coast, they are going to remain dangerous for the next few days as Hurricane Maria tracks north away from the bahamas. The storm in puerto rico, well, it has completely knocked out power there. As we know, they are having a lot of problems. Phone service is down throughout a lot of the island. Today crowds were gathering at one phone tower, you can see, that hoped their weak signal they can get a signal to reach their relatives back here in the u. S. Translator i have been trying for days to get in touch with my family in the United States. Just today i found out that theres a signal here so i came with my mother to call my father who is there and let him know that we are okay. Eric meanwhile, thousands of people have had to evacuate because the dam that was weakened by all the rain, well, authorities fear it could soon collapse. Garrett tenney is live in san juan puerto rico with more on the Recovery Efforts there and the damage in that historic area. Hi, garrett. Eric, what you heard from that man is really what we have been hearing from a lot of folks here. The signal bars on your cell phone are one of the most precious commodities in puerto rico right now. Just along with food, water, and power, the lack of communication has been one of the most challenging aspects of life after maria for folks here, and its been challenging for officials as well, who have been cut off from many of the remote towns on the island to know exactly how bad the damage is there and what the needs are to recover. So one of the things that fema is doing now is they are in the process of getting satellite phones to every town in the island so that they can be in that communication. Right now, today, the governor said the death toll is up to 10 people, but the concern is that number could still go up, if they are able to reestablish communications. Now, theres a steady flow of federal aid coming into the country, though. Both by air and by sea. Fema has already delivered 1. 6 million gallons of water, 23, 0 23,000 and dozens of generators and food. Getting help to the towns that need it most is going to be a huge challenge. All of these roads, many of them across the country are still either flooded or covered by debris. Now, folks they are going to be lining up for fuel, for weeks to come, they say, because this is one of the precious commodities. Without power, you need generators. And to run generators, you need fuel. To drive around the island to check on family, to pick up supplies, you need fuel. So fuel is a shortage right now. They are in the process of bringing that in, but there are still hourlong lines to be able to get it. Those long lines you are seeing a lot of places across the country, banks as well. Today and over this weekend, we have been seeing folks lining up at banks because without power, credit card machines arent working, so folks have been lining up to get cash out of atms and banks to be able to pay for the supplies that they need, food, water, gasoline as well to be able to try to move on and start to recover with life. Banks are going to be reopening again tomorrow. Several are going to be reopening for the first time. And they say that they are going to be trying to have some cash on hand to be able to help with those efforts. But power again still six months out is what officials are saying in some areas it will be until that gets back. Very long road ahead for folks here in puerto rico to get back to what we know as modern life. Eric . Eric garrett, seems very desperate, but still people basically calm and it is orderly as they try to get through this and recover. Thank you. Meanwhile, President Trump has returned to washington from new jersey, just arriving at joint base andrews. Before he left new jersey he had more to say about the nfl controversy and the players who kneel during the National Anthem. He said he felt the owners should do something about it, it was very disrespectful to the flag. He also said he saw great solidarity today in the players that linked arms and stood with each other. As far as his friend bob kraft who owns the patriots, the president said he has to go with what he wants and he still thinks it is disrespectful to the country. He says he likes mr. Kraft very much but he has to do what he has to do. We have a great country with great people, said the president. They should be treated with respect and it is about respect he says. This controversy he said has nothing to do with race. It has to do with respect for our country. Theres the 757 which usually serves as air force two taxiing toward the joint airbase andrews after that short flight from morristown, new jersey. We will bring you any comments that the president has as he arrives later on in this newscast. Arthel as the president heads home to the white house, he will face a lot of issues to tackle, including his travel ban which expires today, but the white house is expected to release new restrictions, soon, and we will bring you those details as soon as we get them. Plus, President Trump threatening to annihilate north korea after the countrys foreign minister addresses the u. N. Lieutenant colonel Michael Waltz joining us next to talk about our options. I think it is dark talk because were right now with the politically correct environment, we like to kill people in war as nicely as we can. If it came to a conventional war, which i dont want it, but theres going to be a lot of people who die on both sides. You dont let anything lkeep you sidelined. Come on thats why you drink ensure. With 9 grams of protein, and 26 vitamins and m

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