fired from their jobs, one of his friends, jerry jones, took a neon the field himself. a pushback on the president, essentially affirming the right of these players to express themselves on the field, whether you agree with the anthem protests or not, right? this was a repudiation of exactly what donald trump had been calling for. he is pretzeling this somehow into him having a political or rhetorical victory. those who support the president will say this was a victory. because he s right and a strong leader. it will be something like that. what we saw here again you have to remember what this three, four-day arc has been. the president called for all these players to be fired by owners like jerry jones. what jerry jones did was lock his arm with his players and kneel on the field in an act of demonstration. in a moment of potential
critique of the nfl players using the national anthem as a way to protest police brutality. what s the reaction been since the last couple of hours when that version went out? i think it s classic misdirection considering even the people that disagree with the anthem protests know pretty well that the protests are directed at first toward police brutality. they have really very little they have nothing in fact to do with the military or the soldiers or anything about the fighting in afghanistan or iraq or anything that s happening at walter reed. it s misdirection. i think that people know that. it s also sort of interesting that someone who had deferments would talk about disgrace and disrespect of the military. but that s another story. but i think that what is happening here with the players is they found they found something to be united around,
our promises. i m the one out here taking the brunt of the failure to keep their commitments. i can understand the frustration. i m the most frustrated person in the senate, believe me, because we made these promises. we haven t fulfilled them. and if we don t do that, we will pay a heavy price at the polls and rightfully so, frankly, for not fulfilling those promises. steve: all right. luther strange, who would like to win today in the runoff election down against judge roy moore. by the way, we did invite the judge on. they declined the invitation. luther, thanks for joining us and good luck to you. and right there he probably said thank you. all right. meanwhile, straight ahead, what do you think voters there think of the runoff? todd is having breakfast with friends in huntsville and that is coming up. plus, how do americans really feel about those anthem protests? we have a panel of former players, professors and parents here for a live, must-see discussion live coming up next.
earlier. you said you are voting for moore and even though you are a huge president trump voter, you said everybody makes a mistake every now and again. including yourself. explain that. well, i have backed a loser or two in my lifetime. you still have to try your best to figure it out. i think we have chosen moore because he is not establishment. he hasn t been in washington for years and years. and we re hoping that he can go in and actually help the president. todd: understood. all right. we have a lot more people to talk to. including one table so interesting. we will talk to them at the 6:30 hour. really interesting stuff here. we will toss it back to you guys in new york. steve: very latest from the blue plate. todd. thank you. brian: difference between the two states. fox news alert now. desperate pleas for help. geraldo rivera is live in san juan with the growing humanitarian crisis. steve: bet you were wondering what hillary clinton thought about the anthem protest. she has
sidewalks as this rain has start started coming down before dawn there was a very tender moment where a volunteer came over and laid a plastic tarp over one person conducting this agonizing vigil sleeping out in the open. that give you a sense of the mo mood. one of the victims was found from the site of a collapsed school on sunday. meanwhile mexico city authorities say more than 100 other schools will be back in class on monday, and the public transport system is still free for all residents of this city. that s very good news there. thank you so much for that and keep us posted. nfl players defying the president with anthem protests taking a collective knee in a major show of solidarity. calling our players sob s and