will stop.tee things , trump trades blows with the nba and nfl. tweet, you will see change take place fast, fire or s uspend! joining us on the phone is john wagner, white house correspondent for the washington post. let's begin with this latest war of words between the president and professional sports players and owners. what is the back story? >> it is interesting. it comes at a time when you would think the president might be focused on trying to get his health care bill and tax care bill through. there is quite a bit behind this. during the transition he talked about flagburning, that folks should lose citizenship if they engage in flagburning. aspect for the flag has been constant theme, especially when he is at rallies around the country, as he was in alabama. he had a number of issues in alabama, and this is taken on a life of its own. host: what do you expect to happen today? some expect more nfl players to nee in response to the president. guest: it has a chance to be a dramatic day in terms of what players might do to exhibit mass prote

what could add to the intrinsic value of an nba team? gillian: you have to look at the nba. really, taking the lead to a place where it is attracting a lot of fun fans and penetrating a lot of brands. cory: so you think advertising the advertiser will pay more and more to do that with existing products? gillian: the nba is already attractive and you haven't seen concerns about the price of these teams. a keep going up as evidenced by what houston will be selling again recordill be priced. in addition to that, the landscape of especially regional broadcast is changing pretty dramatically and we have been investing a lot of time. cory: dan kassel was in that seat crying -- regional sports networks have not gotten all that great all that time depending on deals struck. gillian: when steve bought the team, people wondered what his mindset would be and that is where he has invested his mind in a lot of years. how do you utilize technology and some augmented reality and change the viewing broadcast? cory: you think revenue opportunity is there for the clippers. gillian: absolutely

many nba players responded. the protest spread to baseball we also saw responses in hockey, nascar, college basketball and the w nba on both sides of the issue. the president has responded on twitter almost 20 times since yesterday, even as much as recently this morning. no word, though, from major corporate sponsors. we've reached out to several but we have not heard back. you can look to ceos quitting the white house councils after charlottesville as an indication for how quickly companies will react if the heat gets turned on them. back to you, carl. >> we've been down that road before. thanks. the nfl is struggling of course to right the rating ships and overnights shows viewership reportedly down about 4% across the networks. nbc said it's night broadcast was the primetime. the president now saying the nfl fans could boycott the league because of player protest. billionaire investor and dallas maverick owner joined us last hour to weigh in. here's what he said. >> we're working actively to connect with the

trump has attacked the nfl, nba, and some of their most popular athletes, like nba superstar lebron james, who spoke out in their defense. >> youou look at him a asking ml owners -- the nfl owners to get rid of players off the field because they are exercising their rights. and that is not right. amy: we'll look at how trump's comments sparked nationwide protests. on sunday "for the nfl, it was 'choose your side sunday" with many nfl players taking a knee during the national anthem, while others locked arms. or whole teams state in the locker rooms. some owners issued statements condemning mr. trump's comments. we'll get response from former nfl player donte stallworth, the nation's sportswriter dave zirin, and dr. harry edwards, sociologist, author, sports activist and the architect of the 1968 olympic project human rights longtime staff consultant with the san francisco 49ers, advising colin kaepernick. he is the author of "the revolt of the black athlete." then we look at climate justice after hurricane harvey in the fenceline community of port arthur, texas, home toto the largest oil

trump has attacked the nfl, nba, and some of their most popular athletes, like nba superstar lebron james, who spoke out in their defense. >> you look at him asking me nfl owners -- the nfl owners to get rid of players off the field because they are exercising their rights. and that is not right. amy: we'll look at how trump's comments sparked nationwide protests. on sunday "for the nfl, it was 'choose your side sunday" with many nfl players taking a knee during the national anthem, while others locked arms. or whole teams state in the locker rooms. some owners issued statements condemning mr. trump's comments. we'll get response from former nfl player donte stallworth, the nation's sportswriter dave zirin, and dr. harry edwards, sociologist, author, sports activist and the architect of the 1968 olympic project human rights longtime staff consultant with the san francisco 49ers, advising colin kaepernick. he is the author of "the revolt of the black athlete." then we look at climate justice after hurricane harvey in the fenceline community of port arthur, texas, home to the largest oil re

trump has attacked the nfl, nba, and some of their most popular athletes, like nba superstar lebron james, who spoke out in their defense. >> y you look at himim asking ml owners -- the nfl owners to get rid of players off the field because they are exercising their rights. and that is not right. amy: we'll look at how trump's comments sparked nationwide protests. on sunday "for the nfl, it was 'choose your side sunday" with many nfl players taking a knee during the national anthem, while others locked arms. or whole teams state in the locker rooms. some owners issued statements condemning mr. trump's comments. we'll get response from former nfl player donte stallworth, the nation's sportswriter dave zirin, and dr. harry edwards, sociologist, author, sports activist and the architect of the 1968 olympic project human rights longtime staff consultant with the san francisco 49ers, advising colin kaepernick. he is the author of "the revolt of the black athlete." then we look at climate justice after hurricane harvey in the fenceline community of port arthur, texas, home e to the largest oil

, it comes to the nba, and we'll see where it goes? >> tsunamis hit everything, they're equal opportunity abusers. i don't know what will happen with this. >> let's turn to esports team liquid, obviously you think this will be a huge thing. could this be as big as, let's say, an nba game >> it's a huge thing, enormous it's a global audience, played globally by huge numbers of people, very young to now up to 30 years old and these aren't people that necessarily are all watching television people call them the cord cutters. a lot of them are cord nevers, they never had cords, they've been doing it this way all along. it's a unique change, because most of the audiences in sports, really live sports, are passengers you watch it, and you play it at home, but you watch it, you observe it in this sport, the audience is a participant. you can play along with the teams and players, you're in their homes, playing with them, constantly engaged that really is what millennials and younger people really like they like that activity. they like that i

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the nba players association controls that. they decide when people enter their league there should be no one and done, they should either come in as high school guys right away or not allowed to come on in until they do three years. s one year does not work it creates a phony system. and listen, they have so much money now these colleges they get it from cable networks and so much different places that all it is about is generating more cash, more cash, and the presidents are the biggest phone anies because they want to be harvard monday to friday and alabama on saturday it doesn't work. the system is completely -- great entertainment, but completely out of control. >> is there any way at all to fix it or is the genie so far out of the bottle there is not even a chance of getting it back in >> there is not a way in the world without taking it back to just shear players who would never even appeal to an nba team, there is no way because once you make it about wins and losses, getting into the state tournament and winning gymame

the team to white house after they considered not celebrating their nba title. curry spoke about out about when tweet today and criticized the president. >> i think it's kind of beneath the leader of a country to go that route. it's not what leaders do. >> fellow superstar lebron james also weighing in tonight. he tweeted at the president calling him a bum. and stephen curry already said he ain't going, so therefore ain't no invite. >>> turning to our first alert weather. a packed night at may street where neighbors were taking advantage of the warmer than usual september worth. and all lit up in green for the eagle's home opener tomorrow. and he has the game day forecast. but, steve, let's start with the temperatures right now. >> all right, denise. hot during the afternoon but then in the evening hours it's cooling off. and feels a lot better out there than that 88 we had here this afternoon. we will endure another day of heat here this afternoon. so enjoy the cooler weather while it lasts. 73 here in center city. but meanwhile we have 60s across places like s

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among trump's tweets this morning, going after nba souper star steph curry. trump tweeted going to the white house is considered a great hon thorough for a championship team. curry is hesitating therefore invitation withdrawn. here was the president talking about that last night in alabama. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody decembisrespect our flo say get that son of a [ bleep ] out of the field right now. he's fire. he's fired. >> let's bring in athena jones. why is the president choosing to go after professional sports stars in this manner and not letting go but instead kind of going full heartedly? >> reporter: it's hard to know what's in the president's head. we know he seems to enjoy picking fights with all manner of people whether it's fellow republicans or in this case professional athletes. here is what the nfl commissioner is saying in response to those harsh remarks from the president last night. this is the statement. he said the nfl and our players are at our best when we rep create a sense of unity in our country a

the nba tens to be more proactive. >> how do you see this playing out? >> in the case of the nba, they will make gestures. >> with president trump, where does this go considering she still tweet being it today. this doesn't seem to be going away today or tomorrow. >> it's not going away. the issue that set this off was colin kaepernick trying to call attention to what he perceived as police brutality. that's not going to go away with some players. whether that gets conplated into military patriotism as they tend to get conplated, that is still out there, but players will try to get back to the origin story of this which was they want to tall keangz to what they believe to be police brutality. >> has it gotten away from them and it's about the flag and not about trying to use that moment? >> no question that is overwhelmed over the last week or so by what the president said and the players and the team owners. that tends to get conplated when we talk about the national football league because the nfl has done a very good job the last few years of really m

mlb network, nba network, nfl network. they could make, i think it would be a wise move, they go 24/7, 365. lots of highlights, lots of shows, they could make a weekly show, each network could, an hour long. have a responsible moderator. and bring thoughtful people on to express whatever viewpoint concerns them. because eventually it only stands to reason, that they're going to be people with differing viewpoints, conservative viewpoints, somebody who is upset about this or that policy. they, too, deserve a voice, allow players a platform not just to protest, but to articulate the reasons for their protest on anderson's show doug baldwin of the seattle seahawks struck me as so thoughtful and so well informed.nuanced, that' step beyond colin kaepernick. as we talked about, colin kaepernick's intentions were good. when you say i do not vote because the oppressor will never allow you to vote your way out of your oppression, i guess it doesn't matter to him that people, mostly black but some white, died for his predecessor's r

is this evidence that the president's remarks are influencing not just the nba but professional sports? >> yeah, i don't do a lot of predictions, but i'd say in this case, i think the president is going to lose this culture war ultimately. he may get a couple of points here and there. it may have helped him with his base a little bit, no denying that. he would be the first demagogue to play to the crowd, but in the long-term, i go to some nba games here in the city and they have a million different ways, those players do to express what it is they're doing. i mean, all eyes are on them. tens of thousands of people watching every little move and gesture. the alterations to their uniform, fists in the air, what they do after the game, you know, the commercial sort of impact that they have, i think they are going to use it and the nba is a very different league than the nfl. they slhave ap different level power and influence and nobody's going to sit down and shut up because the president told them to stop complaining about racial injustice in this country. >> we're going to have to leave

and he says that they can do whatever they want when it comes to the national anthem when nba season tips off. >> what an interesting guy. i've been reading his comments. he said there needs to be a national comment. they're playing the race card again. the conversation is uncomfortable because of white privilege. white people need to be having this conversation not just saying you're unpatriotic. a discussion about race is patriotic. that's what he said. >> nuance is certainly needed in this discussion where president trump has made it low lying fruit. thanks. >>> republican senators lindsey graham and cassidy planning to fight on. during a life town hall debate on cnn last night, the senators offered no new inya tiffs to within support. simply taking the position obamacare is failing. >> it's not working and it's never going to work and i'm not going to spend more money, good after bad fixing a system that can't be saved. we're going to press on. and it's okay to vote. it's okay to fall short if you do. >> last night debate after a partial score said cutting the private deficit, mi

yeah, this is "nba jam: on fire" edition. i played so much i unlocked some legends, so i'm larry bird. i got e >> you're larry bird. >> jimmy: i'm larry bird >> and i'm russell westbrook. >> jimmy: there you go, man. all right, so here's the deal. we have one quarter, right? it's two minutes, and that's it. whoever wins this wins the whole thing. you down? >> good luck. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: who's your teammate, by the way? mine's kevin garnett. >> mine's rumble, baby. >> jimmy: the mascot? >> yeah. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: all right, ready for this? here we go. >> let's do it. >> jimmy: here we go. >> let's go rumble. >> jimmy: come on, garnett! >> he wins the tip. [ cheers and applause ] he shoots. [ cheers ] >> larry. >> jimmy: larry scored, too. my god -- i'm nervous. >> to westbrook. >> jimmy: yes, sit down! sit down, dude! give me the ball! pass it! dunk it! [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] oh, yes! oh, what's this? it's a three-pointer. [ cheers and applause ] you're getting a bird bath right now, dude!

yeah, this is "nba jam: on fire" edition. i played so much i unlocked some legends, so i'm larry bird. i got to be larry bird. [ cheers and applause ] >> you're larry bird. >> jimmy: i'm larry bird >> and i'm russell westbrook. >> jimmy: there you go, man. all right, so here's the deal. we have one quarter, right? it's two minutes, and that's it. whoever wins this wins the whole thing. you down? >> good luck. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: who's your teammate, by the way? mine's kevin garnett. >> mine's rumble, baby. >> jimmy: the mascot? >> yeah. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: all right, ready for this? here we go. >> let's do it. >> jimmy: here we go. >> let's go rumble. >> jimmy: come on, garnett! >> he wins the tip. [ cheers and applause ] he shoots. [ cheers ] >> larry. >> jimmy: larry scored, too. my god -- i'm nervous. >> to westbrook. >> jimmy: yes, sit down! sit down, dude! give me the ball! pass it! dunk it! [ cheers and applause ] [ laughter ] oh, yes! oh, what's this? it's a three-pointer. [ cheers and applause ] you'

the nba isn't the only professional sports league in the president's crosshairs. in a speech friday the president said the nfl should fire players who protest or take any during the national anthem. from players and owners in the league. 49ers president said the offensive comments by the president are contradictory to what this great country stands for. our players have exercised the right as united states citizens in order to spark conversation and action to address social injustice. as the lines between politics and sports intersect, sports and were joined the discussion. >> why's he taking time out of his day to make idiotic statements about the nfl and the nba when he has real problems to be dealing with. >> reporter: traditionally the nba champions would make the white house trip on an east coast road swing. for the warriors they would be marking february team on the calendar. stacker says they will be planning something special in washington. >> going to be interesting to see what happens with a holiest work ahead of us. thank you so much. >>> for the first

the nba continues to speak out and the wizards held media day discussion. the nba is composed of 74% black players according to the latest reports but you have to listen to bradley beal. the wizard's guard did not hold back expressing how he felt about the president. >> when one man decides not to go, how in the world can you -- like that doesn't make any sense to me. so like to me, you're a clown. like that's unacceptable. that's not what a leader does. like you are supposed to bring everybody together and everybody in the world is like since you got in office that, hasn't been the case. there's a lot of issues going around. like puerto rico doesn't have water or power and they are still part of the u.s. but you are worried about guys kneeling in the national anthem. if you look at the reason they're kneeling versus your own personal pleasure, like, then you will fully understand. but until you do that, you are not going to unrs for the freedom of speech, you are doing it. why can't we do it? >> i have one word for all of this. it's disrespect. the nba fel

nba star steph curry describes his feeling after president trump's tweet. >>> health care battle. it could go down to the battle. is the gop destined to fail even before the vote. >>> the russian rule, a key witness testifying this week.

the commissioner of the nba came out this past week and said, nba players will be required to stand during the national anthem. don't think that nba or the other sports aren't watching what's going on in the nfl. david: e-mack. >> i think that mike is absolutely right. by the way, the nfl has a federal anti-trust exemption, and the head office, the headquarters, the umbrella organization is a nonprofit. yeah, i agree with mike. david: steve. >> in terms of referendums, how about municipalities have a chance to vote whether they want to pay taxes for the stadiums. a lot of those votes would be a no vote. david: there's an idea for democracy. cashin' in gang getting ready to roll the bottom of the hour. liz claman what have you got? >>en the markets predicting this is pass. a pay to play scandal rocking the basketball world and a new game plan that could keep coaches out of trouble and players cashing in. we'll see you at the bottom of the hour. david: thank you. up first, more than a year after a report that former facebook employees admitted to suppressing conservative news on the trending

he then turned attention to the nba calling out baller steph curry in a tweet. curry expressed a disinterest in visiting the white house with his championship golden state warrior teammates. on twitter, trump quickly uninvited curry saying going to the white house is considered a great honor for championship ship. steph curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn! >> both curry and his team responded to the criticism last night. >> just kind of beneath a leader of a country to go that route. it's not what leaders do. >> there was a respect for the office and also a respect not only from us but from the president himself. >> you know, as far as going to call of player who took a nia son of a bleep, huh? >> we're talking, what? >> that don't even make sense to me. >> well, curry feeling the support from big names. lebron james was one of the first to respond writing you bum at steph curry said he ain't going therefore no invite. going to white house was a great honor until you showed up! >> jamill hill called out bite white house to be fired for tweetin

speaker, not just the nfl, also the nba. stephon curry said i don't think i want to go to the white house. president trump saw he made the statements in figuring invited. golden state warriors put out a statement alongside the south korea sameness. we are not going to the white house. we believe there is nothing more american than the citizens having the right to express them selves on matters important to them. we decided we would use our trip to the nation's capitol in february to celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion, the values you embrace as an organization. quality, diversity and inclusion. it reads like a left-wing rap sheet. >> first of all, didn't they just win a championship? what is equal about winning a championship? they are not equal. they are number one, proud to be number one. pete: what about the wnba? that's not equal. >> all this left ring roderick, but what has made america extraordinary as we reward winners. all the guys complaining the nfl are winners or they wouldn't be on the field. the guys com

the move was in response to president trump who had tough words or nfl and nba stars. here's more on why the golden state warriors will not be visiting the white house. e pinot ter: the le amchshtheyor welcome at the white house. so they're not going. the statement came a day after not going, hopefully that sacuid will, um, imconspire change when it -- inspire some change when it somecomes to wha tolerate in this country and what's accepted. >> reporter: the comment prompted a treat from president trump saying he was withdrawing the invitation, and hours later the team said they'll visit the capital, but not the white house. the president is also in a war of words with the nfl after criticizing football players for kneeling during the national anthem. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a [ bleep] off the field right now. he's fired. >> reporter: here at nfl headquarters, executives were listening. the commissioner responded with a statement. divisive comments like these demonstrate an unfortun

it's expanded to the nba and major league baseball. and of course the mega super stars like steph curry, lebron james saying we have a right to our own free expression. >> very interesting conversation you lad there. and understanding from a jets fan there in terms of that distinction that so many who have been critical of the president's statements what this difference is. so thank you so much morgan radford there in east rutter forward. appreciate that. i want to bring in our social issues columnist, karen phillips, professor rayshan ray and also sahill kapor. as you were listening to the reporting, that fan delineating what dropping a knee means, standing for equality. this has black lives have been lost is what cappkaepernick wan to stand for, but the president saying this is about standing up for those who fought for the flag. in other flating what this whol process has been about. >> that is the thing about this whole situation is that everyone has gotten caught up in would is sta who standing and who is 124is nn we should be foc

. >>> president trump versus the nfl, the nba and some of the nation's top athletes. he criticized players who staged silent protests during the national anthem and some of those athletes are now firing back. cbs correspondent seth lemon reports. >> reporter: the championship winning golden state warriors say it's clear they are not welcome at the white house. so, they're not going. the statement came a day after nba all-star steph curry said he didn't want to go on the tradition visit. >> by acting and not going hopefully that will inspire some change when it comes to what we tolerate in this country and what is accepted. >> reporter: curry's comment prompted a tweet from president trump saying he was withdrawing the invitation. and hours later, the team said it will visit the capitol but not the white house. >> ♪ >> reporter: the president is also in war of words with the nfl after criticizing football players for kneeling during the national anthem. >> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get the that son of a

>> the president also courting controversy with nba stars. lebron supporting rival steph curry. >> it's not something i can be quiet about. >> as protests spread to a new field. plus, what will happen today on football sunday? >>> show of strength. american bombers and fighter jets buzzing north korea as the country's foreign minister lobs insults at president trump. leavinging traditional diplomacy far behind. >>> desperate situation. this dam in puerto rico expected to fail at any moment. the rush to get to higher ground as thousands wait in line for hours for fuel. tempers flaring in the heat, as hurricane maria sets her sights on the u.s. coast. >>> and let the games begin. >> hello, toronto. >> prince harry kicking off the invictus games. more than 500 athletes from 17 countries ready to compete. harry's girlfriend, actress meghan markle, right there in the stands. >>> good morning. and good morning on this football sunday where we are witnessing an extraordinary mixture of sports and politics. >> not just football. trump at war with som

. >> the president also courting controversy with nba stars. lebron supporting rival steph curry. >> it's not something i can be quiet about. >> as protests spread to a new field. plus, what will happen today on football sunday? >>> show of strength. american bombers and fighter jets buzzing north korea as the country's foreign minister lobs insults at president trump. leaving traditional diplomacy far behind. >> desperate situation. this dam in puerto rico expected to fail at any moment. the rush to get to higher ground as thousands wait in line for hours for fuel. tempers flaring in the heat as hurricane maria sets her sights on the u.s. coast. >> let the games begin. >> hello toronto. >> prince harry kicking off the invictus games. more than 500 athletes from 17 countries ready to compete. harry's girlfriend meghan markle right there in the >> good morning on this football sunday where we're witnessing an extraordinary mixture of sports and politics. >> not just football. trump at war with some of america's most popular athletes including le

if the nba players plan to do that response in puerto rico. . >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. it has been nine days now since hurricane maria slammed into puerto rico. nine days without power, nine days with food running out, nine days without fully operational hospitals and nine days without basic communications. nine days later the trump administration is under

and seemed like in the '90s, nba owners were afraid to sign abdul -- >> i think they definitely have a labor issue. if they're being blackballed, they have to bring it up with the players association and go about it that way, and use the means they have to -- to get a fair hearing. that's all anybody wants is a fair hearing. >> what is it about this generation of athletes that it feels as if, you know, it's interesting -- it feels as if your generation, and i put you, muhammad ali, jim brown, the stars of the '60s and '70s, you spoke out, and you may have been punished financially for speaking out. all three in various ways. as far as by ownership and stuff, but you spoke out. then there was a generation that maybe saw the reaction to you guys speaking out and chose not to. and now we have this new generation going, you know what? no. it's time to speak out. like a lebron james. why do you feel as if that evolution is taking place? why now? what is it about today that you feel like today's athlete has more confidence than ever to speak out? >> well, i think that today's athlete has t

and now it is also provoked comments coming from nba star lebron james. let's discuss all of this further. thank you so much athena jones there. joining me now brian stelter, also the host of cnn's reliable sources. so, brian, what is this all about? and why is this the method in which the president wants to engage? >> well, part of this has to do with his setting. he was at a rally in alabama last night and almost entirely white audience that he was speelking in front of. yes, he was reaching people on television as well but primarily speaking to a white auz yensz in alabama when he kind of out of know where brought up the nfl and the anthem protests and also went into the ratings being down and issue of concussions. he seems to be the only one that wants to see a more violent form of football while there are these attempt the to make the game safer in light of all these cte studies, but all of this has a racial component we can't ignore. speaking to a mostly white crowd last night. then on twitter he reacts to the seth curry news. 's' been called a whit

>> well, first of all, we had a big meeting about this at the nba and the nba's board of governors yesterday, and i think adam silver has deny a great job overall. >> silver changed his tune, didn't he? he said we want everyone standing, didn't he? >> there's been a rule on the books for a long period of time about that >> like the nfl. >> yeah. i am not that familiar with what the nfl's actual rules were. >> we have to get ahead of them. >> they were like a deer in the headlights with that >> you know, we had the luxury -- the nba had the luxury of learning. i think the nba players and the league itself, i think -- i can't speak for the other leagues. i'm not in them. i think the relationship is really good. the labor negotiations went very well and cooperative there's just a closer type of -- >> it has to do with the relationship with the national anthem and the flag, not the owners >> at least you're talking to each other and talking through the issues, and we're talking -- >> when you say, fine, do what you got to do? >> we're talking about how do we work with the union and the players t

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i think about 80% of the nba players are african-american. how do you see this? because some have suggested -- the president says this has nothing to do with race but others have suggested it does have something to do with race. >> i know just based on my reporting and talking to african-american players in the nfl, they feel it's totally about race. the initial reason that colin kaepernick knelt, or sat and then knelt, was to draw attention to the oppression of black people and brown people in the u.s. if you can't get on the same page that there are differences within the black community, how people are treated, police issues, criminal justice issues. so when you talk about is this issue around race? of course it's around race. >> and the guys who are protesting are almost 99% african-american. when you're calling them s.o.b.s and you're questioning their employment and you talk about their mothers in that quote, i mean, it's like lorenzo alexander, a guy on the buffalo bills, he was totally offended by this and trump got him to kneel yesterday. >> a few tweets

>> well, the nba is a league where athletes have been very outspoken. y it's going to be interesting move forward what further forms protest we'll see from nba athletes. we've got nfl sunday tomorrow. it's going to be very interesting to see how players respond. >> good point. >> are we going to see more players taking, you know, more protesting stances? i would be surprised if we did not see that on sunday. >> i'm curious to hear what the commentators all say as well. an interesting conversation. thank you both. up next a war of words between president trump and north korea kim jong-un. where will this lead us next? and the new activity detected inside that country that has scientists asking questions today. t countries that we traveled, what is your nationality and i would always answer hispanic. so when i got my ancestry dna results it was a shocker. i'm everything. i'm from all nations. i would look at forms now and wonder what do i mark? because i'm everything. and i marked other. discover the story only your dna can tell. order your kit now at anc

yes, where on a saturday morning talking about whether trump supports the nfl and the nba. that shouldn't be what we're talking about right now. >> yeah. >> all right. then we're going to get to. this how is that? the president talked about health care last night's campaign event for luther strange. i know that you have some reporting that while the president is making this full throated pitch to get graham cassidy over the finish line, then behind the scenes the white house has a lot of doubts. >> sometime described it as the last best hope where after you have to get 60 votes instead of 50. i don't think the white house sees this as ideal legislation. in fact, i think there are many questions of how it would work. what governors would say our state loses money. we don't know how many people are going to be uninsured with this or have not been any studies on it. it's far from a done deal. and something the white house who i spoke to say we're concerned what would happen if this did pass. we don't know what would happen. and this is still going to be a ferve enlt push for t

and we are hearing from what the nba? >> yeah. yeah. and we did talk about this earlier in the show, right? we wondered whether the warriors would even be invited to the white house given president trump's proclivity for not wanting to be shown up by anyone. and after we heard and played those comments from steph curry, nba champion, former mvp, he made comments yesterday, let's remind our viewers. here it is. >> we don't stand for basically what our president has -- the things that he's said and the things that he hasn't said and the right times that we won't stand for it. and by acting or not going, hopefully that will inspire some change when it comes to what we tolerate in this country and what is accepted and what is what we turn a blind eye to. >> so president trump's tweet likely in response to steph curry saying the team would not go. in addition to curry, their head coach remember has said in the past president trump, quote, couldn't be more suited to be president because he's a, quote, blow hard, unquote. not surprising presid

fellow nba star chris paul told the president to "stay in your lane." espn commentator jemele hill fresh from her own verbal sparring match with president trump last week got a dig in, co-signing a tweet from nfl run back will he shawn mccoy who had profanity of his own for trump. as for me, well, i've just been wondering if president trump is picturing only adult athletes being politically silenced. only their mothers being inpuned with a word i can not and will not repeat here. because as we have seen this month, youth athletes of color as young as 8 years old are taking their own cues from kaepernick and company asking their own questions about a president that sees fine people among white supremacists but likens the mothers of grown voting tax paying athletes to dogs. would you refer to them as you refer to their idols, mr. president? i've been heartened, however, by one nfl mother who went back as only a mother can. tweeting, "i guess that makes me a proud blank." yep, you got it. her name, teresa kaepernick. more on this in a moment. and li. switc

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nba making change to cater for fans. fans complained that it's unfair that they pay premium prices, the nba board of governors making sweeping changes in the nba, reforms to cater to the fans. teams prohibited from resting healthy players for any high-profile nationally televised game and any violation constitutes potentially 100,000-dollar fine. teams are not suppose to rest healthy players on the road and they have to be visible for fans. cheryl: i don't get that? why can't a healthy player who is off the game be part of the team because the fans want to see, say it's a hot profile player, you want to see them. jared: that's the whole point. late in the season certain teams, san antonio teams really started the trend but they are looking to the playoffs, we are going to rest our players because we need to playoffs, what happens is, you're a fan and paid the premium to see the best. there's only a few, you wanting to see lebron, lebron is taking the night off. i put down 300 bucks for a ticket, the nba wants teams to ha

and the president even took it to the level of the nba, going after steph curry. the player out on the west coast, who had balked at the idea of coming to visit the white house. the president disinvited steph curry. now, the question, of course, because this is the very same president who, in fact, did not -- did not speak as roughly or harshly, if you will, about charlottesville and the actions there involving white nationalists, white supremacists the question, of course, whether this has to do with race. the president says, absolutely not. listen. >> i think it's very disrespectful to our flag and to our country. so i certainly think the owners should do something about it. this has nothing to do with race. i've never said anything about race. this has nothing to do with race or anything else. this has to do with respect for our country and respect for our flag. >> reporter: so the president reiterated those very same points on twitter in a tweet this morning, but it is, poppy, i think a little hard to see how race isn't at least somehow involved simply because

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the president also throwing down a gauntlet to the nba and all of this as the future of the g.o.p.'s last-ditch effort to repeal and replace obama care is now hanging by a thread. kristen fisher is live covering it all from the gridiron to gridlock. hey, kristen. >> i like that, arthel. a lot to talk about today. president trump taking aim at players in both the nfl and the nba, first to football, president trump during the big rally last night saying any player who refuses to take a knee during the national anthem should be fired. >> you know what's herding the game more than that -- you know what's hurting the game more than that? when people like yourselves turn on the television and you see those people taking the knee when they are playing our great national anthem. wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when someone disrespects our flag to get him off the field right now, out, he's fired. he's fired! [cheers and applause] >> now, typically the nfl commissioner doesn't weigh in on these kinds of issues but today he did. roger goodell in a statement that reads in part