if he's watching. tony, thank you. >> good to see you. gillian: a high school football team is making headlines for locking arms in solidarity with local police officers and first responders and veterans. this was in illinois when the indian took to the field. hand in hand with local heroes for their annual homecoming game and they all stood together during the national anthem and the school says it was planned even before the nfl protest and is not about politics, but rather, bringing their local community together. leland: you know, it used to always be, it was supposed to be the older professional athletes who were the role models and setting an example. all of a sudden we've got high school kids showing the nfl players how it's to be done and they say the best thing to wish for someone is to live in interesting times. gillian: well, it's certainly interesting times and you know, i'm really delighted to see the younger generation lead. one of the things i've been saying all along during this