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>> i don't think people should be staying in locker rooms. 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. maybe you shouldn't be in the country. >> marvin washington is here, a former nfl player. george martin, a former nfl player and former president of the nfl players association. and political commentator scott jennings. gentlemen, good evening to all of you. marvin, if the nfl was trying to make the pressure from the go away. that didn't work, and at what cost? >> i think they made a situation that was dying ...

Now more businesses in more places can afford to dream gig. comcast, building america's largest gig-speed network. in a taped appearance on fox news tonight, president trump turned to professional football. he was asked his reaction to the new national football league policy that players must stand for the national anthem if they are on the field, otherwise the nfl says the team will be fined. >> well, i think that's good. i don't think people should be staying in locker rooms. still i think it's good. you have to stand proudly for the national anthem or you shouldn't be playing. you shouldn...

And he sees no connection. he can say earlier in the day that nfl players who don't stand for the anthem because they're protesting the kind of injustices that he was referencing in this pardon, that they should leave the country. and he sees no connection between that and what he was going to do later in the day. and it gives more credence to frank's point a couple of seconds ago which that this was a symbolic gesture, a political gesture, not an expression of deep compassion. >> yeah, and as you just mentioned this is what the president about the kneeling and banning players from doing it du...

The nfl caving to the president yesterday announcing a new rule which requires players to either stand for the national anthem or stay in the locker room. but even that may not be enough for the president. >> 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. maybe you shouldn't be in the country. >> marvin washington is here, a former nfl player. george martin, a former nfl player and member of the players association, and scott jennings. marvin, if the nfl was trying to make the pressure from the president go away, ...

I don't think people should be staying in locker rooms, but 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. maybe you shouldn't be in the country. >> that was the president of the united states this morning condemning peaceful silent protests by members of the nfl players, suggesting that maybe they shouldn't be in this country at all. here's what jim messina, a former obama campaign manager, said to me about those comments this afternoon. >> this is the moment he became senator joseph mccarthy. literally saying, you ca...