That is a change. i think the point is to get on the same track. there is a un find thified appr. this fall meeting that doesn t ordinarily incorporate players and players union is this time. i was layer rep. and it was always us versus them. and there is always a contentious relationship between the union and league. but for them to come together to see how important this is for us to make a change together in communities as players have been trying to do, you know, they have been out in the communities and donated money. a million dollars by colin kaepernick. $900,000 has been met. some might see that as promising. yes. all right. coy wire. thank you. joining me now, cornell william brooks, former ceo of naacp. and ben furgason and michael singleton. good to see you.
so that brings us to this week and whether it is the responsibility of the nfl to help convey the message of what is the intent here? so dante, what were you about to say? ben saying the players made it political after the president decided to weigh in on what he called players sobs in huntsville, alabama. the president made it political dude by making a statement rally. i agree with you. the president made it political. not players. players are standing up tore their first amendment rights. you can t squash or quail the quest descent. dante, let s be clear, players have the right, same way as you as an employee of cnn or any other place you have to make a decision on protest or political thing. it doesn t mean there s not consequences for your actions. but you claim the players made it political when the president they did. ben, you said players made it
Into consideration, we will just stay home. there will be no games. again, if the nfl is serious they need to listen to the concerns of their players. these are legitimate concerns. i understand you want it respect the flag. there are a respective number of viewers and supporters in the nfl who do not like this form of protest. i get the dollar and cents side of things. but consider your employees. if those guys stay home, there is no game. if there is no game, no one is making money. is that a happy medium? and i wonder by design, protest is to affect change. it may rdisrupt to get change. if there is no change and it means changing rules about how you protest, is there a happy medium in what jerry jones had to say? and yes, ben, i heard you. i m not sure if there is a happy medium in what mr. jones had to say. i think in the nfl commissioner
Play an important role here. it is important that it do that. not merely because the athletes protesting but because sports bring the country together. the nfl commissioner recognizes that. certainly players do. this is a particularly good moment to do that. ben? have you a huge the nfl has a huge problem. huge messaging problem. they have an identity crisis as a league. this league used to be filled with roles where if you had cleats that were honoring those that died on th9/11, fwo two players were fined $6,000 for wearing them during warm-up. players are fined for not having their socks pulled up. there are a lot of messages. the biggest day of protest on the nfl is the day after donald trump talked about this. majority of those players did not come out in the last year
The house side as well. and they got it kun. republican senators realize they were sent to washington to repeal and replace obamacare. if they don t, it ll be hard for them to come back to their constituents and say send me back to washington again because i did what i said i would dot first time. it is a tight vote. i think this time they realize after pausing the first time that they are going to, you know, get it done. and i think they will. ben furgason, always good to talk with you. thanks for your perspective on this. appreciate it. thanks for having me. with clouds of the russian investigation swirling above them, it is still a critical week for the white house and future of the new health care bill in the u.s. that revised republican plan is running into a series of unexpected delays. mitch mcconnell pushed back a vote on the bill scheduled for this week. so that senator john mccain can recover from surgery from a blood clot. the delay will also give