this super bowl sunday. i appreciate you taking the time to talk to us. i had a recent nbc news/wall street journal poll finding less men follow the nfl now compared to 2014. do you think this could be attributed to president trump s criticism of the nfl? it could be attrited to many things. i mean, ratings are, obviously, going down. president has been attacking mostly black football players and athletes nationwide and globally at this point the way he s been talking about it for a while now. there s no one specific reason why the nfl is losing viewership, but the one thing we are seeing over this year is it can be completely damaging to these black players and what they are trying to do and the longevity of their careers when being attacked by the white house and the presidency. one thing that s very clear, it s not only black athletes being attacked by the president, it s brown people, folks of color. they are speaking out very simply about having equality. i want to read part o
that they believe this process was fairly administered and i think, you know, putting that in writing in the memo is not likely to convince more people. people already believe what they want to believe about this. people have been out there on sunday shows saying that already. by the way, we have a lot to talk about, we want you to stick around. my panel is sticking around, thank god for that. we want to switch gears, sources telling nbc news a switch in the wrong position may have caused the amtrak train crash to plow into a parked csx freight train. two amtrak employees were killed tragically. more than 100 others suffering injuries ranging from broken bones to bruises. sources say the amtrak train was given verbal approval by csx dispatch to proceed down a set of tracks, but the switch on the tracks was actually in the wrong position. the lead engine and some passenger cars derailed in the collision outside of columbia, south carolina. president trump tweeting this, thoughts an
have some freedom for some reason or another starting to really buck the president. and the question is, will those senators that are up for re-election and planning to stay in the senate come out and speak and join these guys? politico.com s annie carney and with the washington post, aaron blake. thank you both so much for taking the time. i appreciate it. thank you. now, to the latest in the russia investigations. the senate intelligence committee has now subpoenaed documents and testimony from president trump s former adviser carter page. a source tells nbc news the committee expects page to invoke
from governor ricardo row sayo of puerto rico. cyril let you get back to attending to all the people there. god speed and thank you very much. thank you so much. the city that isis used as a capital in syria has fallen. the spokesman for the u.s.-led coalition says raqqah was a major hub for recruitment and planning this. view on your screen from the sky shows just how devastated the area is right now. a u.s. spokesman says u.s. led coalition forces are now searching for lands mines and pockets of sleeper cells that are hiding throughout the city they believe. the military says there are about 100 islamic state fighters still hiding out. for more on all of this nbc s hans nichols joins me now from the pentagon. hans, put into context what this means taking back the city. i mean is isis essentially getting pushed out of sort of its odd nation state status back into an insurgency or what s
being wiretapped, is because they parrot the same lines. clinton watts testified today before the senate intelligence committee that regardless of whether there was actual coordination between trump associates and russian actors, the president of the united states himself play aid key role in the russian campaign to spread disinformation and to undermine the election. today s meeting was an open session including the president s son-in-law and senior adviser jared kushner. three sources with direct knowledge told nbc news the committee is turntly in talks to interview christopher steele. that of course would be the former british intelligence officer who compiled the unverified now infamous dossier alleging a conspiracy between the trump campaign and russia. this all comes amid reports that michael flynn offered to testify for the senate intelligence committee in exchange for immunity. we ll discuss that with a member of the house intelligence committee just after this break.