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standing by. beginning with the breaking news. our chief white house correspondent jim acosta is joining us. the president is targeting the super bowl champions and his attorney general. so what is behind the attacks. it is politics. he staged the celebration of america at the white house after disinviting the eagles from an event zed kated to their super bowl championshipnd for t presid it is a continuation of the cultural wars accusing athl passing his patriotism test and this time the bright shiny object at the white house was the lombardi trophy itself. sm someone singing along to god bless america, he celebrated america but more like a celebration of him. reporter: the white house e hae held this tribute to the nation after pulling the plug on an event honoring the eagles for winning the super bowl. mr. trump was furious when he
don t kneel for the national anthems as sons of bitches. it appears at this point this is not being sorted out. as you just said, there is a long standing tradition of these sports teams cominto the white house and the president appears to be abruptly cutting that off and saying if sports teams don t pass this patriotism test, they are not coming to the white house. breaking news. he concluded with this, the presidt continues to spread the false narrative.
official. disinvites the champions from a celebration with the president because of the ongoing iss about standing up for the national anthem. we can show you what the white house is saying. and here it is, it is saying the philadelphia eagles are unable to come to the white house with their full team to be celebrated tomorrow. they disagree with their president because he insists that they proudly stand for the national anthem hand on heart, in honor of the great men. they both have a patriotism test. in the view of the president and the view of the white house, and the philadelphia eagles. they are not coming.
and saying if sports teams don t pass this patriotism test, they are not coming to the whie. breaking news. he concluded with this, the president continues to spread the false narrative. have you heard, is there any case like this? this is again, unprecedented. and it is sad for the country, because these ceremonies have often not had teams that didn t come. the president had the event and it was good. the people came and celebrated and we went on about our business. this suggests, anderson, i must