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the race stands at this hour. plus the nba player who took a stand quite literally from the national anthem. jonathan isaac of the orlando magic joins us to talk about his new book on the inside story of what was really happening in the nba. trace gallagher is on the case tonight. good evening, trace? >> reporter: the white house and the department of homeland security both noted today with a straight face that the dhs information board was shut down because of disinformation quoting the board has been grossly and intentionally mischaracterized. it was never about censorship or polic...

Kneel for the national anthem when the league restarted in 2020 in the midst of nationwide black lives matter protests. let's bring in jonathan isaac now. jonathan, great to see you. >> thank you so much for having me, shannon. >> i want to read an excerpt on the book. congratulations on this. it says my love for america or lack love to didn't influence -- lack thereof didn't influence my decision. like any country filled with people who aren't perfect, america isn't perfect, so there was pressure to do what everyone else was doing but you said i'm going to stand for the national anthem and do...

Constant social justice lecturing. clearly unwoking works. the nba decided to entertain its fans this post season with actual basketball not soap box speeches about systemic racism and it worked. do you agree? do you disagree? where do you think the role is for a player who wants to speak out on important issue but also providing what many people feel sports is which is sort of an escape from the worst things and kind of a way to unify about something? >> well, i know that we have a very diverse country and so when you have an organization like the nba or any other that tailor their messaging ...