Like to be on the white house staff. Got to watch twitter to see what people are going to do. You were in, you were around when the Colin Kaepernick protests were going on when he was playing for the 49ers. What did you think then about that . I fully supported his right to speak out. I thought he made some mistakes, some big mistakes early. He wore the socks. Remember the socks that were pigs in policemen ewan forps. He didnt have a clear message at first. But i supported his right to protest and i think what he did was really admirable. He went out and sought the advice of a man named nate boyer, a former player with a seahawks. A military veteran, who gave kaepernick the advice to kneel. He said in stead of sitting on the bench, kneel. Its also a sign of respect. If you think about you bow in front of somebody. And so this was the advice kaepernick sought out. He sort of refined his message, saying i thought things had made
more sense in terms of clarifying what he was protesting. I
there weren t as many as i anticipated or members of the media anticipated because we were a media throng, the same media people at every bar trying to get the same people. a bigger interest. it plays the same across the country. do they have democrat and republican drinks? they just had drinks. and it was tasty. i wondered if they had one with which forms on it because it is a witchhunt? i don t know. maybe not. thank you, the time is 19 after the top of the hour. ellie golding giving an ultimatum to donate money to the lgbt community or she will skip the thanksgiving day performance at the cowboys game. carly shimkus has responses
more sense in terms of clarifying what he was protesting. i thought he had a really powerful message and it s proven to be very much so. you re a great judge of aet leets. you recognize talent. why isn t he in the nfl now? colin cappkaepernick. he s clearly a much better player than a lot of guys who are playing back up quarterback around the league. i think there s two reasons he s not in the nfl. one the marketing. i think the owners are are concerneded about their fan base and two, and these reasons really go hand in hand. the distraction that he would cause. given modern media. the way we live. the minute he signs with a team, can you imagine the media throng, the attention that will be on every game? and so i understand. i totally understand a general manager who doesn t want to deal with that. you think about tim tebow, for example. tim tebow was such a a
precise number hard to come by. once again, initial information often wrong. we want to be precise what we know and don t know. we will be getting a lot more information momentarily. the president of the united states has been getting ready to speak on the financial crisis five years later. what s happened to the u.s. economy over the past five years since the collapse and the deep recession that developed. that has been delayed at least for now. we ll have live coverage of the president. maybe he ll speak what s happening at the u.s. navy yard, the shooting incident. let me bring in jake tapper on the scene. we re waiting for a news conference, the d.c. metropolitan police chief, the mayor, others, i think they re going to be speaking where you are. is that right? reporter: that s right right behind me. there are cameras set up and an immense media throng has been set up. vincent gray has just arrived hud ling with the police chief kathy lanier. i m sure he s getting the latest info
the suspect in a horrific hit-and-run in california pleading not guilty to murder and other crimes yesterday. a surveillance video shows the suspect allegedly plowing his car into pedestrians on the venice boardwalk. it happened on saturday. his attorney says that 38-year-old nathan campbell insists the crash was not intentional. he is very fragile. is very frail right now. he is very, very withdrawn but he will be very, very cooperative with me. the man has been brought in on a murder charge and there is a huge media throng. he is not only dealing with the charges and incarceration but dealing with all the excitement behind it all. that is very overwhelming. heather: court records show campbell has a long rap sheet, including reckless driving with alcohol. bill: president obama is talking now, his first public comments on the recent global terror threat where 19, 20, 21 embassies have been closed for