"new york times" amy habermann she joins us now. takes us back from his speech in alabama where he relives this thing will be nfl. >> what we learned in the course of reporting the president literally did just throw this in at the rally. >> it was not planned out in yeefts. >> nope. >> or aids or in the teleprompter. >> nope. he threw it out there as he did during the campaign. he like the way the crowd responded. on the plan ride back he liked the way it did and basically he was going to stick with this throughout the weekend. he talked with a couple of people, he had a small group of advisers in bed minister, and he asked a few members what he thought of this nfl issue. every single time it was nope, this is great with my base, i think this is a good thing i'm going to keep doing it. he did it again at a white house dinner with attendees, he said