Response to President Trumps blistering condemnation of players who refuse to stand during the anthem. Even the Jacksonville Jaguars team owner, shahid chan dchld k donated money to President Trumps campaign. In chicago, all but one of the Pittsburgh Steelers choosing to remain in the locker room while the anthem played. This morning, the president reigniting his feud with the nfl, tweeting nfl attendance and ratings are way down, boring games, many stay away because they love our country, league should back u. S. If nfl fans refuse to go to games until players stop disrespecting our flag and country you will see change take place fast, fire or suspend. Remember, this all started after what the president said friday night. You might find the words youre about to hear from the president of the United States offensive. Wouldnt you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now, hes fired, hes fired. So we have a team of correspondents and Analysts Covering all angles of this story for us. The nfl planning to air a message of unity during some of tonights games as several nfl franchises have spoken out in support of nfl players and its commissioner, Roger Goodell. Eddie shoals and Brian Stelter are back with me now. This was a profound statement we saw in the 1 00 eastern hour of nine nfl games being played. But theres more from the nfl . Theres definitely more to come in the afternoon games, im sure of that. And fredericka, i would like to say, weve seen players kneel during the anthem, weve seen them sit, weve seem them lock arms before. Today we saw owners locking arms with the players. Shahid khan led the way, martha ford with the lions, she was on the field locking arms with jim caldwell, the head coach of the lions who is an africanamerican. Steven ross, owner of the dolphins, down on the field with his team. Jeffrey lurie, owner of the eag eagles, locking arms with his players. This is the first time weve seen that, nfl owners taking part during the National Anthem with their players. And Mercedes Lewis, a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars, spoke about what it meant for him to have his owner on the field with him. He spoke about or gave us his take on what the president said leading up to this morning. With the situation yesterday and the president calling a lot of the athletes out, you know, i think god put us here for a reason. He put us here to lead from the front. Youve got to look at some positives for what he was doing. If you look at, you know, a lot of athletes, what they said, sophisticated responses, you cant really debate those, it is what it is, its real, its a real situation. And you spoke about it moments ago, fredericka, the Pittsburgh Steelers were the lone team to do Something Different as well, not coming out onto the field for the National Anthem. The lone player you see in the tunnel come out from the tunnel is alejandrovill villanueva, yow him do that, but the rest of the steelers did not come out until the anthem was over. When they did come out, they are booed by fans in chicago. Brian stelter also with us. This messaging is profound, eight big. And, you know, the president , he tweets, hes at the rally, he had a very strong message, he was engaging nfl owners to take a stand, to penalize players for taking a stand. Right. But will the president potentially perceive this as a real slap in the face . Many owners have come out with these very strong statements saying we back our players and their Constitutional Rights to express themselves peacefully. Yeah, certainly if the goal was to divide owners and players, create more tension within the nfl, it doesnt seem to be working. I just spoke with a source inside the league, inside the front office who said to me, quote, if trump thought he could divide the nfl, he was wrong. It gets into this idea, weve seen a weekend full of controversy, full of media coverage. All the questions were what was going to happen at the games this afternoon. Executives within the nfl didnt quite know. There were conversations going on among players and coaches about what to do right up until 1 00 p. M. Eastern time today. Well see more of this later today. An nfl source said to me, what we saw at 1 00 was a variety of responses but all united through this idea of unity, right, through this idea that arms are locked, linked together in solidarity with the players who are choosing to take a knee and are choosing to protest. Of course some of the owners weve seen linking arms today have been supporters of President Trump. That makes this all the more interesting. If we can pull up in the control room an interesting tweet, i wanted to show our viewers, this is a tweet from President Trump from january that i had forgotten about until today. Heres what he said. He said peaceful protests are a hallmark of our democracy, even if i dont always agree, i recognize the right of people to express their views. Now, thats president ial language. Why did he tweet that on january 22nd . It was because of the womens march the day before. He was trying to say that he heard the women and men that were marching, he respected their rights to protest. This weekend hes done the opposite. He has said he does not respect the Colin Kaepernicks and the Michael Bennetts of the world if they choose to protest. Its telling how different his tone was nine months later. What has changed . The president says its a lack of respect that players, demonstrated by Colin Kaepernick and anyone else who follows, and presumably now what hes seeing today is a show of lack of respect for the National Anthem for this country. But its not just the nfl, gentlemen. It is also the nba. Right. Also, you know, while the president had his remarks in alabama, particularly about the nfl, it also became a message between he and star nba player of the Golden State Warriors steph curry, steph curry thinking out loud, im not really sure if i want to go to the white house, and the president tweeted its an honor for anyone to come to the white house and said no longer are you invited. Then the team interpreted that as, well, then, none of us are going to go to the white house. And steph curry was asked about it yesterday after practice, i think we have that clip no, we dont have it yet, were trying to get that. Steph curry has not been at all silenced, and other players, lebron james, have spoken out against what the president s language has been. You know, lebron never takes a back seat when it comes to these social issues. Hes out there discussing everything when it comes up these days. This really angered lebron when steph curry was there for media day, saying im not going to visit the white house and celebrate there because he disagrees with some of President Trumps policies and what he says. And then and some things he didnt y say. And some things he didnt say, after charlottesville. When President Trump tweeted that steph curry was no longer invited, that prompted lebron to send out that tweet. Lebron put a video out there also explaining why he sent that tweet. And do we have lebrons message that i think what we have ready to go, and this was the president responding essentially to steph curry, saying there he goes. Theres lebrons response. He tweeted out, u bum, steph curry already said he aint going, therefore no invite. Going to the white house was an honor until you showed up. We have steph curry yesterday after practice. I dont know why he feels the need to target certain individuals rather than others. I have an idea of why, but its kind of its just kind of beneath i think a leader of a country to go that route. Its not what leaders do. And steph curry had said, and so had kevin durant, they said originally when they had won, they were going to discuss this as a team, whether they were going to go to the white house. When steph curry said he wasnt going, i imagine the team was on board for that decision. Its funny how it turned into this whole back and forth after the fact. Now potentially at least one college team now, ncaas North Carolina, also saying North Carolina said they had a scheduling conflict and were not going to be able to go. In a statement they put out it said it had nothing to do with what had been going on. But not going to the white house but for a different reason. Correct. All right. So Brian Stelter, how compelled must the president be to respond . This may not be the scene that he likes right now, but this is a big moment. And for the president to ignore responding to it in some fashion is a big glaring mistake, wouldnt it be . Weve seen in the past, for example when some ceos have quit his councils, he has chosen to speak out, he spoke out about ken fraser, when a bunch of people quit the councils. We saw the white house weigh in when there were some celebrities that were going to skip the Kennedy Center honors. This is an issue for trump throughout various industries, various parts of our society, whether its business leaders, athletes, celebrities. A lot of folks have had to make these choices whether to be associated with President Trump or not. Many have chosen not to. The tweets like from lebron james have garnered a lot more likes than President Trumps. World famous stars are distancing themselves from the president. Weve seen lebron, watching the games at home this afternoon, posting on instagram saying, united we stand, i salute all these nfl players, theyre locking their arms in solidarity. It is a sports worldwide message right now to the president. Its big. Sports, culture. I mean, you know, its part of the tapestry of this nation. Brian, andy, hold tight for a moment, i want to go straight to tennessee, antioch, tennessee, and listen to the Police Department there update us on a church shooting. One dead, at least six injured. He went to his vehicle, got his gun, came back inside. And according to him, it was then that the gunman shot himself. It is our belief that the gunmans condition is not lifethreatening. He is under police guard right now at Vanderbilt University medical center. This investigation will be continuing obviously throughout the day and into the coming week. The persons who were wounded, the innocents, the Fire Department is telling me that one person appears to be more serious than others. Again, all those individuals have now been taken to hospitals. I have three female gunshot victims who were taken to Vanderbilt University medical center. Three male gunshot victims taken to vanderbilt. That includes the shooter. The man who was pistol whipped has been taken to skyline medical center. And there is one additional gunshot wound victim who was taken to skyline. A reunification area for family members who had person at the church today who were concerned about their loves ones, a reunification area has been set up at Beautiful Gate Church at 12316 old hickory boulevard. That is the extent of the information that i have for you at the moment. The gunman has been identified. Certain investigative steps are being taken in regard to that identification. And we will be releasing his identity in the short term. Reporter did the minister get shot . I dont know. I dont have the names and the relationships at this point of the persons who were shot. We have Police Officers at the hospital interviewing them and gleaning information. The best that they can from the gunshot victims as theyre being medically treated. Reporter is it true the gunman wore a mask . That is not true to my understanding. The gunman was wearing a type of neoprene mask, perhaps that you might see on a skier, a snow skier, one of those half masks. Reporter is there any relationship that we know of between him and this congregation . Not to my knowledge. We believe the gunman is out of rutherford county. I am not aware at this moment of any relationship between this man and the congregation. Again, it is very early in the investigation. Reporter how many doors are there to the church . Again, well have to process the scene. The scene has been locked down. All of the victims were taken out by ambulance personnel, by Fire Department personnel. The scene is locked down. There were a number of witnesses in the church who saw what happened. They have been taken to another building, uninvolved building on the church campus. They are now being interviewed by our detectives. Reporter so no ones going home yet, from the congregation . Unless they left before we got here. The call to the Emergency Communications center came in at 11 15. Reporter they have officers checking it out . He arrived in a blue suv, one of the dogs did hit on the vehicle. The hazardous devices unit did check the vehicle. To the best of my knowledge, there are no explosives there. It could well have been that the dogs hit on the vehicle due to the ammunition that had been either in their prior to the dog sniffing it, or that remains in the vehicle. Reporter did anyone describe the weapon . Handgun, long gun . All of the witnesses now are being interviewed. We have early information that we need to corroborate. We need to make sure whats fact and whats not. Well update you with all of that in the next little while. Reporter can you clarify, the Church Member who was pistol whipped, after being pistol whipped, went out to the car to get his own gun or did that happen after no, it is my understanding that he confronted the gunman. Keep in mind that he gave us this story with significant injuries around his head. So he gave us this account just before leaving for the hospital, that he confronted the guy, was pistol whipped, and went out to his car, retrieved a weapon, came back inside, and then the gunman, according to him, shot himself in the head area. [ inaudible question ] we do not believe so. He indicated that he did not. Again, we havent checked his weapon. The weapons that were left in the sanctuary are still there. Reporter are there security cameras . Reporter whats the age of the suspect . Mid20s. Reporter are there security cameras inside or outside the church . I dont know. Reporter do you have any how many parishioners were inside . Not yet. Well be back. Its 1 20 now. 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As much as you want, however you want them. But hurry, endless shrimp wont be here long. Welcome back. This was the scene one hour ago at the Houston Texans and new England Patriots game, a show of unity and solidarity, hands on heart during the National Anthem, kneeling, arms locked, all of that. A real statement now coming in the same weekend when the president of the United States used fiery and in some cases offensive language, challenging nfl team owners to fire athletes who kneel during the National Anthem. Lets talk about all of this. Weve had some very, you know, emotion, passionfilled conversations for an hour and a half. Lets continue it with a former nfl player who played ten seasons in the National Football league. Dante, you used to play with the patriots and you saw the team there standing in solidarity. What are your thoughts about this show today . Not only with the new England Patriots but throughout the whole nfl today, and those games, those 430 games are yet to come. Then you have games tonight. Seniors there were nine nfl games for the 1 00 kickoff, yes, there are more. How did this move you, how did this, you know, get you thinking about anything new about this direction . I think that the president , what he said on friday in alabama, i think that was a disgusting display of arrogance, of this nationalistic fervor that he has been promoting since the day he decided to run for the candidacy of the highest office in the land. He has not been one to speak to the country as nothing other than giving his base red meat and telling them things that just obviously arent true, equaling the players to people who are not patriots, people who do not love this country, by expressing their First Amendment rights. To me that just doesnt make any sense. And hes shown, you know, again, from the very beginning, that he is his ideology at the very least, the people that he has shown an affinity towards, hes shown an affinity towards philippine president rodrigo duterte, hes shown an affinity for kim jong un, saying he would be honored to meet him. These are the people, i wouldnt say he looks up to, but these are the authoritarian people he looks up to. He hangs out with mafia guys in new york city, or at least he used to as a real estate mogul. He wants to quell dissent in this country. He wants to compare nfl players to being antiamerican or not patriotic because theyre expressing their First Amendment rights. To me thats despicable and ridiculous. A new response coming from the president via tweet in response to what we have watched in the last hour and a half. He says, great solidarity for our country, standing with locked arms is good, kneeling is not acceptable, bad ratings. In your view, this show of unity or solidarity, is this a message about the right to protest against social injustice, which is what Colin Kaepernick was kneeling about at the very beginning, or is the Statement Today on display about a message toward President Trump and his admonishment of those who kneel, and right now were looking at the bronco bills images, from their National Anthem being played in the last hour. Who was this statement in your view, you know, targeting . Is it the president or is it about social injustices in this nation, or both . First of all, i think the president s tweet is nonsense. Theyre standing in solidarity against the words that you said on friday evening in alabama and against your doubledown tweets. Its not standing in solidarity for anything other than that. Standing in solidarity against your words. So the fact that he is trying to hijack not hes trying to hijack this whole conversation. And i was glad to see that Mercedes Lewis of the Jacksonville Jaguars came out initially or at the end of the game, in his Postgame Press conference, he came out and said, listen, weve got to find something thats good about this whole situation and move forward. And to me thats very important. We cant allow the president to hijack this conversation. It started off with being trying to raise awareness for criminal justice issues in this country, which anyone who has studied this, anyone who is paying any attention to whats going on in this country and whats been going on in this country for decades knows theres a problem that needs fixing. We cant continue to ignore that. Youre making revenues to the jaguars ravens game taking place in london, that we saw that very strong message coming from the players while the National Anthem is being played there. So in your view, you have nfl team owners with very strong statements supporting their players who protest peacefully, you have locked arms, kneeling, hands on shoulders, et cetera, today, do you believe this now creates an opening for a Colin Kaepernick getting back on to a team or being resigned with the team . I dont know if it has any bearing on what happens with colin. Sadly, in my opinion, in my view, from my ten years of experience in the nfl and even as a coach, the longer any players, not just Colin Kaepernick, but the longer a player is occupaut, the harder for them to get back in. The longer than Colin Kaepernick is out, even though hes great talent and deserves from a talent standpoint he deserves to be on the field, if were talking about talent, and no one can refute that, but as far as maybe having some momentum of colin getting back on the team, i think theres a possibility it could happen, but im not 100 sure. I hope the best for my brother, but i am glad to see that throughout this whole process, he has said what he would do by donating a million dollars, he said that initially right off the bat and hes closing in on that. Hes not only talked the talk but is walking the walk, and im proud of him for that, no matter what anybody says. I ask that because all of this did not begin on friday night with the president in alabama, people need reminding it was a year ago that Colin Kaepernick need for the first time. And this momentum now has reached a very different peak. And its easy to not separate i mean, to just separate the two. But one has to wonder if it collectively is part of the same movement. Donte stallworth, i appreciate it. As President Trump goes on the offensive against these players, what are the political risks for him . 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Yes, it is a bit of a confusing tweet. Lets put it up on the screen right now. The president writing, quote, great solidarity for our National Anthem and our country. Standing with locked arms is good. Kneeling is not acceptable. Bad ratings. Its unclear exactly what the president means by this, in part because you imagine that some of these players that are locking arms are doing so in solidarity with players that are kneeling. Its still unclear if the president believes that perhaps one form of protest is more acceptable than the other. He then went on to tweet the following, quote, pleased to inform that the champion Pittsburgh Penguins of the nhl will be joining me at the white house for ceremony, great team. The president obviously differentiating between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Golden State Warriors which opted or at least voiced hesitation about coming to a secretary here at the white house. The president catching a lot of heat for his stance on not only players kneeling but for this invitation of the Golden State Warriors from nba and nfl players as well as several owners who have said the president s comments are inappropriate. However, several figures within the white house including treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin and director of legislative Affairs Mark Short are defending the president. Here is some of what they had to say. The owners should meet and decide on this rule the way they decide on any other rule. Again, you know, for as long as i can remember, people have stood in honor of the country. This isnt about politics. If people want to talk politics off the field when theyre not working for the nfl, they have the absolute right to do that. I think that the president is standing with the vast majority of americans who believe that our flag should be respected. The pretty believes it is his role to improve race relations. Reporter a lot of passions on both sides of this argument. What we do have to point out is how unexpected this controversy is, right . Colin kaepernick first started kneeling during the National Anthem last august, more than a year ago. Yet the president felt it was important to bring this up friday night at a rally in alabama, with Everything Else that he has on his agenda, tensions at an alltime high with north korea, replacement and repeal of obamacare that is on the verge of collapse, and this tax reform rollout that he is expected to present to the country later this week. So it certainly is curious that the president would focus on this in spite of Everything Else thats going on, fred. All right, Boris Sanchez at the white house, thanks so much. Lets talk about all of this with cnn political commentator and republican strategist michael singleton, cnn political commentator ben ferguson, and Sports Editor keith reed, good to see you, gentlemen. Michael, the president tweets, he applauds some of the show of solidarity but is this show of unity more of a message, you know, a response to him . And if so, is the president receiving it . I think the president s tweet surely is clearly is an indication that hes walking back his statement of friday night. With everything the president has on his plate, again, with the repeal and replacement of obamacare, tax reform coming up soon, you have north korea, you have major natural disasters that have impacted houston, florida, a great majority of Puerto Ricans remain without power. There are so many issues that the president should be focused on, yet for some reason he decided to bring this up. And again, Colin Kaepernick first need over a year ago. This isnt relevant when there are so many more Critical Issues that really impact americans lives day to day that the president should be focused on. He was elected to do a job. He wasnt elected to be a social critic. Ben, does it appear the president is not thinking of that . He had been applauded about his response to irma particularly, and of course hes coming up on possible defeat of this latest effort for health care. Is he doing this as a means in which to distract . No, i dont think so at all. I think he actually believes that the American Flag and this country is a country that should be celebrated and that when the National Anthem is played, you should show respect to this country which allows Football Players to play a game and make 10, 20, 30, 40 million a year and do it in a safe way. Hes engaged in this now, how is it to his benefit, then . I dont know if you look at it as a benefit or a positive or a negative. Its issue of right or wrong. You stand up when you see people that are taking the freedoms of this country for granted. What people have given the ultimate sacrifice for, for granted. Lets not forget the American Flag is draped over every coffin of every man or woman who serves country of all races. If theres any time to not disrespect the flag, thats how we honor it. Ben. I wonder, ben, i wonder if this underscores the interpretation of respect. Spitting, burning the flag, universally people think thats disrespectful. Go youre hearing the word respect as it pertains to this argument, some are saying respect is honoring the constitution, the right to protest peacefully. Which is one display that were seeing. But then the president is saying, by making a statement and kneeling or protesting, he says its being less than patriotic, its being disrespectful to the country. To be clear, no one is saying you dont have the right to protest. I think a lot of people have confused this. You do have the right to protest. The president is trying to take that away. What hes saying to the nfl owners is you need to have some respect for the American People and the league, your rules. Lets talk about how crazy the nfl is. This is a league where not one Single Player came out and protested when there have been multiple players who have beaten their girlfriends or wives. They didnt stand up for women in solidarity. They didnt say fredericka . That beat somebody in a hotel room or beat somebody in an elevator. How many of the players that played with some of these players that literally caught on tape, they didnt even and then the nfl stood behind those players. So for them to come out today and act like were this great kumbaya, look at how the nfl polices its own players. You have women and girlfriends and wives who have been beaten by these players and they keep them employed and they help cover it up. Thats a fact. Okay. Ben. Okay. Separately, but when you bring that up, i cannot help but think about the videotape of the president of the United States, before he was president , talking about, in a joking manner, groping, grabbing women. I said it was wrong then. Keith, go ahead on this topic. A, thats factually wrong. The Nfl Players Association has done a lot of work they covered it up i did not interrupt you, dont interrupt me. You cant put out misinformation. Ben, allow the guy to speak, please, so we can have a discourse. Go ahead, keith. Thank you. There have been any number of players in the nfl, and im not here to defend the nfl, especially not in the area of domestic violence, but its not accurate to say that there were not players who have not taken a stand on the issue of domestic violence, because there have been many players in the nfl who have taken a stand on that issue. There have been players on the nfl who have done volunteer work and Community Work around the area of domestic violence. The nfl has gotten a lot wrong, they got a lot wrong in terms of domestic violence, but to bring that up in the conversation that were having as a means to deflect away from im not deflecting. Im saying the nfl is a messed up organization. Were talking about peaceful protest. Go ahead. Were talking about peaceful protest. Were not talking about domestic violence. You can come on cnn, i was on a few years ago when we talked about ray rice. I didnt see you here on that panel. So im wondering where you were. Today is not the day to deflect from that. Secondarily, its interesting to me that when we have conversations about athletes, particularly africanamerican athletes exercising their rights to free speech, the thing that comes up is always, well, look at how much money they make. As if you forfeit your white guys that were protesting today, dont turn this into a racial thing. Im not done. Theres plenty of white guys on the field today that were protesting. You always bring up that the thing that always comes up theres white guys that were protesting. Is how much money they make. What does that have to do with their right to protest things that impact them socially . If i could chime in. We live in a country, and please listen clearly what my point is here on this. There are plenty of white guys that have been protesting and standing next to Colin Kaepernick and others, okay . Lets be clear about that. It has nothing to do with race. What im criticizing is the fact that you have people that are privileged, one, live in a free country, two. They have police that protect them while theyre playing the game and even escort them to the game. You have men and women in uniform that go around the world to keep them safe while they play a game. They make tens of millions of dollars. They dont understand the fabric of this country or why we respect the flag, that men and women of all races have died in this country, giving them the freedom to play a game for a living for tens of millions of dollars. Thats how great the American Flag is. Thats how great this country is. They actually are able to do this. Give me another country in the world where you can go make millions of dollars like this, tens of millions of dollars, playing a game. Its an incredible gift that they have and they take it for granted. Okay. Fredericka, can i chime in . A couple of things as it pertains to what ben stated that are completely erroneous as it pertains to this conversation. Number one, wealth has nothing to do with ones ability ben, ben, allow me to finish, i allowed you to talk a very long time, number one. Number two, there are other countries where athletes do make millions of dollars, spain, United Kingdom not at the same level. That make a lot of money. Number three, my point, as it relates to the constitutionality, i dont think anyone has any issue or fault with recognizing the First Amendment right to peacefully assembly. For the president , this is not in his purview. Of all the issues the president should be focused on, why is he focused on this . The president has been in office for nine months now, i believe. We have not had any major legislative success. He was given a mandate by the individuals who voted for him. I would be more than happen to see the president focus on health care, focus on the economy. The president has the ability to bring a lot of people together at his rallies. If hes having a difficult time getting senators to support the repeal and replacement of obamaca obamacare, at his rallies he should talk about why it would be beneficial for the American People. Ben, allow me to finish. So my point, fredericka is, again, the plethora of things we should focus on, this is not under the president s purview. Stay away from these single cultural wedge issues, because again, theyre only selfinflicting wounds that the president does not have to deal with. I wonder, ben, if the president has created a new roadblock for himself as hes trying to get that big legislative win, and clearly weve seen and heard sentiments from so many who have said, even Roger Goodell with the nfl said this is divisive, this is divisive talk. You talked about patriotism and the flag representing honor to military, et cetera. Congressman ted liu is an air force veteran, he says america is a democracy, we let folks take a knee, we dont force them to stand during the anthem or bow to dear leader. I dont think the government should force anybody to do anything when it comes to taking a knee. The point the president is making is, these owners, they do have the ability to decide what they expect when it comes to respect for this country from their players slash the people they pay to do a job. Wait, ben. You have the president who said, this is my guidance to nfl owners out there, he said if they do that, fire them. He used choice, some would say the president should not the president makes comments all the time about people and they shouldnt, ben, thats a part of the problem. Ben, ben, are you ben. Let me finish. Finish, ben. President s always talk about guidance and their opinion on the private sector. That is very normal. Obama, for a goodness sakes, criticized Police Officers when they arrested somebody in harvard when he knew nothing about it then had it covered up with a beer summit. Dont tell me they dont say things about private sector individuals or anything else. Here is one other thing that i need to say thats important about this. The president of the United States of america was spot on. And the fans i think are going to back him up on this. If you are going to be so disrespectful as a player, in my opinion, i dont think you should have the privilege to play in the nfl. I think the owners should fire them. Theyre obviously not going to, Roger Goodell thats part of it, its the interpretation of the moment, is it disrespect, is it respect for your Constitutional Rights to do so. Michael . Fredericka, the consumers will determine whether or not they find this tolerable or not. If they dont like it, they will not watch the games, they will not attend the football games. And you will see viewership decrease, you will see the economics hurt by the nfl. The president doesnt have to get involved in this. Ben, youre right, you reference president obama. As a conservative, i remember how upset many of us were that he did make remarks about a situation that he was not familiar with. I think it is extremely problematic to have any branch of government stepping into the private sector, dictating or insinuating what the private sector should or should not do. Leave that to the left, ben. Give me a break. Its very disingenuous to say that the president of the United States is merely speaking up for the rights of the owners because the owners clearly have not except for their blackballing, and i do believe thats whats happening with Colin Kaepernick, the owners havent had a problem. The entire Pittsburgh Steelers team didnt come out of the locker room this afternoon for the National Anthem and i have not heard one word from the rudy family. Every owner weve heard from in the last 24 to 48 hours has made a statement, when theyve made statements, theyve made statements against the sentiments of the president of the United States and for their players rights. If owners should have the right to tell their employees what they should do, the owners are saying we have no problem with the employees, what theyre doing. Right, and let me tell you, mark my word, the ratings are going to be down. Ben, again, the market dictates that, not the president of the United States of america. Thats simple. 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I found the perfect come in this afternoon. Oh. No. No when the unexpected strikes. Dont worry weve got you covered. The hartford strikes back. Welcome back, im fredericka whitfield. The republican push to repeal and replace obamacare could be hitting a major snag. The Republican Health care bill is one vote shy of failure. This morning on cnn, senator Susan Collins indicated she may vote no. Its very difficult for me to envision a scenario where i would end up voting for this bill. I have a number of serious reservations about it. Im concerned about the effect on the medicaid program, which has been on the books for more than 50 years and provides health care to our most vulnerable citizens, including disabled children and low income seniors. Take a look at which Senate Republicans you need to watch. Rand paul, john mccain, the two no votes. There are now six republican senators who are expressing concerns. Senator ted cruz joined this group today, saying the bill does not yet have his support. Lets bring in athena jones. With six senators expressing concerns, two voting no, does this leave the attempt to repeal and replace obamacare dead . Reporter hi, fred. Supporters of this bill will say its not dead yet. We heard from senator collins saying shes leaning now but shes waiting to hear the score from the congressional budget office. She went on to say during that interview that she is concerned about the impact on costs and on coverage levels of this bill. She talked about being concerned about the erosion of what she called the erosion of protections for people with free existing conditions. A lot of people know someone who has some sort of preexisting condition. Were talking about everything from asthma to arthritis, cancer to diabetes. Shes expressing a lot of the same concerns we heard her express over the summer, during the previous failed effort to repeal obamacare. We also heard from senator paul on meet the press earlier today explaining why he is opposed this this bill which he says doesnt go far enough in dismantling obamacare. I dont think block granting obamacare makes it go away. It just means youre keeping all the money weve been spending on obamacare, most of it, reshuffling it, taking the money from democrat states and giving it to republican states. It sets up a perpetual food fight over the formula. If they narrow the focus to the things we all agree on, expanding Health Savings accounts, giving the governors more freedom through waivers, slowing the rate of growth of an outrageous or out of control entitlement spending, sure, i would be for that. Reporter so hes laying out what kind of changes would have to happen before he would support the bill. As you mentioned, ted cruz is also now saying he wants to see some changes or he would like to get to yes, hes not there yet, he would like to see more consumer choice. The issue is the same issue theyve had all along, fred, which is that if you try to make changes to win over someone like senator paul or senator cruz, youre more likely to push further away senator collins and those who agree with her and have similar concerns. Fred . Athena jones, thanks so much. Much more ahead in the next hour of the newsroom. First, this weeks turning points. Tony melendezs mother was given a medication for morning sickness which may have affected his development. I came into this world missing two arms and the left foot was clubbed. In my eyes it was normal. Its not like, oh, i lost them. It was, i never had them. I was able to with my toes reach out and do things, people would say, how is he doing that . I wanted to be a priest when i was younger. At the time a person was generally required to have a thumb and index finger to become a priest in order to give communion. So i had to find something else. At 16, someone showed me how to tune the guitar different. 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There has been a shooting in antioch, tennessee, at a place of worship, inside a church. Investigators are on the scene right now. Last we heard from officials, one killed, six injured, including the alleged gunman. Lets go now to antioch, tennessee, to listen in. There is one gunshot victim being treated at skyline medical center. As well as the church usher who was pistol whipped. Now, after the gunman suffered this selfinflicted wound, the church usher, who does have a handgun carry permit, ran to his car, got his gun, came back in, and made sure the gunman didnt make any more movements until the Police Department arrived. We have officers at the hospitals confirming names and conditions