Our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 249 of the trump administration. Eight months into this administration, and we have several looming crises we are covering tonight. All going on at the same time. There is high anxiety over what will become of health care as the latest effort to repeal and replace obamacare appears to be dead in the water. There is high anxiety over north korea and their read of our president s words as a declaration of war. And anxiety over 3. 5 million americans in peril and in the dark tonight as a real humanitarian crisis is growing now in puerto rico. But through most of this weekend into today, the president s priority has been the National Football league. His comments about owners and players who have taken to taking a knee during the anthem as a civil rights protest, so it was an interesting visual tonight from arizona prior to cardinals cowboys when the cowboys owner jerry jones, whose company, by the way, donated 1 million to the trump inaugura
Administration. Eight months into this administration, and we have several looming crises we are covering tonight. All going on at the same time. There is high anxiety over what will become of health care as the latest effort to repeal and replace obamacare appears to be dead in the water. There is high anxiety over north korea and their read of our preside president s words as a declaration of war. And anxiety over 3. 5 million americans in peril and in the dark tonight as a real humanitarian crisis is growing now in puerto rico. But through most of this weekend into today, the president s priority has been the National Football league. His comments about owners and players who have taken to taking a knee during the anthem as a civil rights protest, so it was an interesting visual tonight from arizona prior to cardinals cowboys when the cowboys owner jerry jones, whose company, by the way, donated 1 million to the trump inauguration, led his players and Coaching Staff in taking a knee
Declaration of war. And anxiety over 3. 5 million merpts in perfectly and in the dark tonight as a real humanitarian crisis is growing now in puerto rico. But through most of this weekend into today, the president s priority has been the National Football league. His comments about owners and players who have taken to taking a knee during the anthem as a civil rights protest. So it was an interesting visual tonight from arizona prior to cardinals cowboys when the cowboys owner, jerry jones whose company, by the way, donated a Million Dollars to the Trump Inauguration led his players and Coaching Staff before a chorus of boos and before the anthem which they then stood for. The president returned to the subject on twitter 15 times from friday night through today. Seven of those were just today. Here now his original comments from that rally in alabama friday night. 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 f