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Little mumbling and murmuring on that team. what did you see yesterday having lived through various social controversies, political controversies, controversies as a player, what did you see yesterday that most jumped out at you? >> the thing that i saw is very hard to put politics into sports. for many reasons. you got guys who are protesting, doing the silent protest of what they've experienced. then you got guys who the flag is a whole new meaning to them. and then you have guys that are in the middle that really don't want to get into a political stance or whatnot, all they want to do is p...

Why are you focused on who is kneeling and visiting the white house? and from richard sherman of the seattle s seattle seattle seahawks, the behavior of the president is unacceptable and needs to be addressed. if you do not condemn this divisive rhetoric, you are condoning it. >> the silent protest has also spread to major league baseball. take a look here at the catcher breus maximum well of the oakland athletics. he's believed to be the first major league player to take a knee during the national anthem. during saturday's game against the texas rangers. >> let's bring in erica rene davis spo...

What kind of position does this put the president in when the white house is to be the house of many and all, and now you have an invitation, an invitation no longer extended because of a critical viewpoint from a star player? >> yeah, so a couple points. to piggyback on what brian was saying a moment ago, when i see that statement from the nfl commissioner, what i think is that he realizes, and i think this is part of the motivation behind the statement, that the president by bringing attention to this issue at a political rally is giving colin kaepernick and his supporters and these other pl...

We strengthened our resolve and we said when they come through again, we're not going to let them get through. some anarchists and antifa types came up to us and asked what they could do to help. our group had different tactics than the antifa but the same goal. and we've seen these narratives in the media by president trump, that said that it was the same. the violence on both sides. that's not what i saw. i saw us standing there in silent protest and i saw them defending us. that group of nazis came back around. and as they did, there were a lot more of them. and it was hands down, cornell w...

Brewer and donte stallworth. this is a fascinating conversation. we all remember colin kaepernick's kneeling during the national anthem. still without a team weeks before the season starts. is he out of a job because of his beliefs? >> there are i think a variety of reasons that people can point to as to why colin kaepernick is currently unemployed in the national football league. you look at a man who has a passion for the nfl anton play for it and it's probably feeling more to him like a business and less like a meritocracy. there is a league where it has a lot of player who are good citizen...