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On. people disagreed with martin luther king jr. when he began to speak out. yet the country now celebrates his birthday. let's not forget that often protests exposes some of the deeply entrenched biases in this country that people then turn the tide on later, sir. >> chris, you just said we were going to talk about policies and the doctor drops into insulting people's intelligence. you can have a debate about whether trump should have said as much as he did on the nfl. i'm just telling you, people don't want to see the flag and the anthem disrespected. that's what he's saying. >> when black p...

>> is he trying to wage something of a cultural war? >> not at all. the president is not talking about race. the president is talking about pride in our country. >> reporter: dodging questions about whether the president went too far, using vulgar terms, referring to players who kneel. >> this isn't about the president being against anyone. this is about the president and millions of americans being for something. being for honoring our flag. >> reporter: a couple of more tweet this is morning back on the nfl. first one read ratings for nfl football are way down except before game starts, when...

When you shine a light on the nfl and then the tweet about puerto rico is that this place kind of a dump. >> if the tweets are a window into his mind this morning there has been three about the nfl. i'll just read them through for everyone. ratings for nfl football are way down except before the game starts, when people tune in to see whether or not our country will be disrespected. less than ten minutes later, the boo'ing when the entire dallas team dropped to its knees was the loudest i've ever heard. great anger. ten minutes later, but they all stood up for our national anthem. big progr...