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>> joining me now, former nfl player donte' stallworth. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> so your view on what the president went on to say about players who do not stand and maybe they should not be in the country. >> i think it is detestable for the president of the united states to say that american citizens who are peacefully protesting social injustices and racial inequalities in this country that they shouldn't -- maybe they shouldn't be here. this follows a long pattern of what the president has said about nfl players. you listen to the words that he's used. he's called them sons...

Help as many people in the community not get involved in a situation like this. >> reporter: ryan young, cnn, milwaukee. the president is praising the nfl after it announced the organization will now require players to stand during the national anthem if theyor the field or their teams will face a fine. teams could then discipline the players as they see fit. this new rule comes after players began kneeling during anthem performances to protect racial injustice or rather to get people to know or to spread their message about some of the injustices. trump says the nfl made the right decision ...

To take a knee. and i've spoken to players who now say they want to protest not because of police violence or racial inequity but to show nfl owners that they're not going to be treated this way. >> ephraim, just hang on a second. president trump obviously supports this new ruling, right? >> of course. >> i want you to listen to what he said about players who still choose to take a knee. take a listen. >> i don't think people should be staying in locker rooms, but still i think it's good. you have to stand proudly for the national anthem or you shouldn't be playing. you shouldn't be there. may...

>> i don't think people should be staying in locker rooms but it's good. you have to stand proudly for the national anthem. you shouldn't be playing, shouldn't be there. maybe you shouldn't be in the indust country. >> look, what should the president's role here be? should he be weighing in at all on this particular issue? >> no, the president needs to shut the hell up on this subject because he makes it -- he sounds stupid, and he makes it worse. you know, to infer that these athletes, because they don't conform to his conditions for behavior or showing the kind of respect he wants them to sh...

The national anthem or you shouldn't be playing. you shouldn't be there. maybe you shouldn't be in the country. you have to stand proudly for the knignational anthem. and the nfl owners did the right thing if that's what they've done. >> you have the president of the united states weighing in on the private employment policies of the nfl. interesting this is a league 70% african-american. >> it's amazing how divisive the rhetoric has become and the neiling during the national anthem issue has become. when you think about black fans who made their voices clear, and this year trying to silence t...