of the blame on him, of course. eamon javers, it is good to see you as always. appreciate it. so more news this afternoon from what s happening off the soccer field over in qatar during the world cup. with the journalist for cbs sports saying he was stopped from going into yesterday s usa/wales match after officials took exception to his rainbow flag t-shirt. he talked with and rea mitchell saying he was finally let in after being detained for the better part of an hour. they apologized, fifa apologized. you know, left me wondering about what it s like for qataris who are here outside of world cups who are gay. because this was something that i had to deal with at an event that was being covered globally. players were discouraged and threatened with penalties by fifa if they wore arm bands meant to show solidarity with
players for the national men s soccer team stood arm in arm refusing to sing their national anthem. it is an apparent act of defiance against the government. it was not shown as iran s state tv. iran just sentenced several protesters to death, connected to the uprising over a man who died in september after being detained for allegedly breaking that country s strict dress code. and fifa threatened to yellow card players who chose to wear anti-discrimination arm bands in games. you can see what they look like here. according to the new york times, they were designed to show support for minority groups and treatment of lbgtq people there, where homosexual ty is a crime and seven european nations will not wear them, and the united states will be playing against wales today. the team captain tyler adams is just 23 years old. the youngest to lead a u.s. team
in the group stage. but it now sets up an absolutely epic clash against england on friday. that s the day after thanksgiving. and that game is expected to be or draw the highest ever television audience for a soccer game in the united states. epic clash. i cannot wait for that. i want to get to the newest controversy. there have been many at the world cup. this one involves arm bands that the captains had planned to wear, then fifa threatened them if they did. that s right. these are the one love rainbow arm bands designed to promote inclusivity and of course, that s really, really important here in qatar where so many civil and human rights are denied. and homosexuality is criminalized. so these captains, a number of them from europe, were planning on wearing them, but the 11th hour, fifa made it clear if they did, those players would be
abandoning wearing one love arm bands, seen as a gesture of solidarity with marginalized communities and saying the players will not wear the bands out of threat of sanctions. and meagan fitzgerald. so much of the world cup focus is on soccer but in this instance, there is so much more going on beyond the field of play. reporter: yes, you re absolutely right. we have been speaking with fans who flew all this way to be a part of this massive event, to kind of get a flavor of what they re feeling and what they re thinking, and look, these fans are paying attention, they understand that this is a collision of sports, with social justice issues, and politics, all wrapped up in one and they are very supportive of the players who are trying in the case of the europeans trying to take a stand against what they believe is the right thing to do. they are in favor of iran, not
in this game. there are three group games. this is the first of them. a draw is not the worst result for the united states. two games still to come against england and iran, but obviously they would prefer to win it. looks like it being a draw for now. great to see team usa back on the field. a lot of the controversy off the field as the captains of several european teams will not be wearing the arm bands that are part of a campaign that promotes inclusion. what can you tell us about that? they were all set to. the england team were going to be the first to wear this. the captain was going to be doing this. the fa said they were prepared to pay a fine, but fifa made it clear players could be sent off the field and england said that wasn t something they were prepared to risk. in the end, the players took a knew. they said that was a gesture and