jonathan serrie live. reporter: from where i m standing i can hear the roar of the crowd inside the stadium. that s because they ve opened up the roof to mercedes-benz stadium. the temperatures are just that warm. 62 degrees, springlike temperatures.about 75,000 fans have packed inside the state-of-the-art brand-new stadium. some families are split between teams but one thing is for certain, they say tom brady is the one to beat. listen. is a perfect game for us because as you can see him wearing a brady jersey. i m a big brady fan. we both are. but we also have we are both native californian spirit which are few and far between. i am a football fan at heart. to see tom brady play, even though i ve never rooted for him in my life and i do not know that i can outwardly root for him today, seeing him win
it s never happened before, that politics has become a much bigger subject than the super bowl. this is usually super bowl territory and now they re saying that the politics is more interesting to people. he might be right. i want to bring in republican strategist and republican strategist. good morning, great to have you with us. noelle, first, do you have a team, falcons or patriots? oh, well, you know, i ve kind of got to go with the patriots there. i m a big brady fan. all right. and so with donald trump talking about this and doing so in front of high-level advisers, is that common or uncommon in your opinion? me? yes. well, you know, every president has weighed in on sports so that s not crazy that he s done it. but the fact that he has said that politics is basically