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Daughter-in-law, they're the casualties of war. young people, those soldiers coming back with ptsd, they're the casualties of war. so it's not really about -- >> that's sheila murphy talking about the loss of her son in may in syria. she's not received a phone call or a letter from president trump about the loss of her son. joining us now, john mclaughlin, former acting director of cia and national security analyst and yeah son johnson, politics editor at the root.com and contributor. jason, just want to begin with you and feel free to take any part of this story that you'd like to comment on....

University this week people spent the day assessing what we have achieved, what i did, did not do in my activism. former mayor, former members of congress, former governors and all. and the root.com did a profile on my 50 years of activism and what i have been involved with from spending nights in jail to being stabbed leading a nonviolent march against racism to dealing with the greats like nelson mandela and others. and every saturday having rallies in harlem that i still do. i guess the best i can say is that i made a lot of mistakes in 50 years, no doubt about it. the question is what you ...

But the 25th amendment. the provision by which a majority of the cabinet can vote to remove the president. when bannon mentioned the 25th amendment, trump said, what's that? joining us now, gabe sherman for "vanity fair." david frum. jason johnson at the root.com and msnbc contributor and david k. johnson who founded the d.c. report.org, a nonprofit news organization that covers the trump administration. and, gabe, i first -- i think this might have been the first program where the 25th amendment was discussed this year. and it seems when i look at -- it's hard to pinpoint exactly in your arti...

Legislation. as i was mentioning earlier, one of the authors there of that "time" magazine piece i was just listing some details from joins us, along with political report from npr and politics editor at the root.com and msnbc political contributor. charlotte, you penned this a artic article. we went through some of the dedays you brought out in it. for you as the author of this, what stands out. by the way, a very good piece for those who haven't read it yet. >> one of the things that stand out is that in some ways we have been at the place. almost -- half almost every shooting. there is alwa...

>> yeah, largely. the fans agree. a reuters poll finds that most americans, of course, do not agree with the president. 57% say the nfl should not fire players who kneel during the national anthem. only 29% agree with the president. and joining us now, colin allred, a civil rights attorney and also with us jason johnson, politics editor at the root.com and msnbc contributor. colin allred, you reaction to what the president had to say today and this week? >> hey, lawrence. thank you for having me. i played with some of the guys who chosen to take a knee and they're not s.o.b.s. they're thoughtf...