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Liberty mutual insurance. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >> do they think they're doing something smart but not broadcasting the national anthem? that's espn and cbs, folks. >> president trump slamming espn and cbs for refusing to air the national anthem ahead of football games this year as the nfl set to kickoff their season this week. the new anthem policy in place, the question of course is will player protests hurt nfl ratings? jared max is with us. they hurt them last year for sure. >> they did. about a 10% ratings drop. but did it hurt the bottom line of the nfl? we look at ...

That the nfl is back, and so, too, is the president's crusade against these player protests. he was apparently reacting to what happened last night at the preseason game. a couple players taking a knee during the anthem. few others raised their fists. when the president tweets and says, they want eed to show the outrage at something most are unable to define, the players have been clear. they were not protesting the anthem. what they're demonstrating against, they say, is racial injustice and police shootings of unarmed black men. if you ask the question, why does the president keep ing to thi...

>> president trump friday again take talking there about the nfl national anthem controversy. again criticizing players who choose not to stand for the anthem. now yahoo sports is reporting the president and vice president mike pence could be subpoenaed to testify in former quarterback collin kaepernickese legal batte involving that issue of player protests. let's go to charles robbinson. charles, how might the president and the vice president be subpoenaed here? what might lead to that? >> it is a little bit of a labyrinth. essentially the collusion case for colin kaepernick has collected a n...

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Really that we experience in this country, right? and at the end of the day when we are in a firefight, last thing we're thinking about is the flag or the anthem or the star span gell espangled banner. we're thinking about protecting our brothers. and ultimately what we're fighting for is what the flag and anthem represents. but that is a very diverse thing. i mean, that is what america is. it is people from all backgrounds, you know, different situations, different experiences, different countries that experience something very special here. and that is what we fought for. and so i'll fight f...