increase, the medicaid expansion. those things are very difficult if not impossible to undo. that s what they re up against. it is not easy. it shouldn t be impossible and so far it s proved to be. shannon: five days left to go. we always go to the cliff. thank you for your time this morning. good to see you. bill: the battle with the nfl. 200 players kneeling during pre-game national anthem ceremonies on sunday. this after president trump called on the team owners to fire or suspend protesting athletes. he said this. president trump: i think it s very disrespectful to our flag and to our country. so i certainly think the owners should do something about it. there was great solidarity. i watched a little bit. i was not watching the game today, believe me, i m doing other things. i watched a little bit and i will say that there was tremendous solidarity for our flag and for our country. that was yesterday. this morning eric shawn outside of nfl headquarters. what have you heard