kneeling saying the players don't respect the flag. in order to play football in this country, you need to respect the flag. then we have what happened with john mccain and the flag at the white house, just the other day. general michael hayden said this. remember this image the next time the president talks about disrespecting veterans. that's a flag at full staff a day after john mccain died. is hayden right? is this going to follow him? >> it ought to. i'm sorry. >> this was the virtual patriotism that donald trump wants to exploit as opposed to the real patriotism that he showed so much disrespect for earlier in the week. but, you know, as a cultural wedge issue, this is irresistible to him. i can't help think of rick wilson's book, everything trump touches dies. i love the nfl. i love the green bay packers. i want to have a season where i can step away from politics and not have it be polluted by this