dana: officials from the army and navy investigating after some cadets and midshipmen used controversial hand signals. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more. jennifer. dana, navy broke army s recent winning streak on saturday, winning the long rivalry 31-7, but now both of the service academies have opened an investigation into what appeared white supremacy signals made by several cadets and midshipmen standing behind this espn reporter before the game. the okay symbol with three fingers pointed upside down symbolizes the letters wp for white power, the anti-defamation league added the gesture to its database of hate symbols in september. a spokesperson for the naval academy issued the following statement. u.s. naval academy officials have appointed a preliminary
president trump had fired comey back in 2017 while comey was leading a criminal investigation into trump s associate ties with russian officials. and u.s. military officials are investigating a troubling incident from yesterday s arm army/navy football game after military students in the stands flashed what appeared to be symbols of hate. nbc news correspondent matt bradley has more. to the edge, around the corner, into the end zone. reporter: blink and you might have missed it. military students at army navy football game caught on espn flashing hand signals that have lately become hate symbols. not once, not twice, but three times sparking outrage on social media. both the antidefamation league and the southern poverty law center say this symbol commonly understood to mean okay was appropriated by far right groups. the hand shape supposedly resembles the letters wp for