president trump facing backlash, probably be an understatement, for his comments about nfl players protesting the national anthem. the president using strong words while stumping for alabama senator luther strange. listen here. we re proud of our country, we respect our flag. wouldn t you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, get that son fof a off the field right now, he s fired, fired! usa! usa! usa! . elizabeth: and nfl commissioner roger goodell responding saying
not escalate when they foreign minister addresses the united nations assembly today. make no mistake about it, he will be addressing the u.n. on behalf of north korea s leader kim jong-un who on friday issued a statement in what is believed to be the first time a north korean leader directly issued a statement to the world under his own name, firing back at president trump for his u.n. general assembly speech and for other, what he thinks are provocations and in this statement, kim jong-un said, quote, i will make the man holding the prerogative of the supreme command in the u.s. pay dearly for his speech. whatever trump might have expected he will face results beyond his expectation. i will surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged dotard with fire. and it s in reaction to the u.n. general assembly speech in which the u.s. said it would totally destroy north korea if it were forced to defend itself or its allies and it s when the
said the president told the crowd he will try to help whoever wins the runoff election, strange or judge roy moore. supporters trying to cast strange as an unreliable member of the establishment. both good men. i told luther if his opponent wins i will be campaigning like hell for him. but i have to say this. you understand this, look at the polls, luther will definitely win. you know what i am saying. roy has a very good chance of not winning in the general election. the president admitted he may have made a mistake endorsing strange instead of more but he said strange has always been
information, the status quo is unacceptable. you have an insurance card but no care because they can t afford the premiums. they are fleeing the market and individual small group market through obamacare, that is what the president as we are trying to take care of with repeal and replace. there is agreement the status quo won t work even among democrats specifically to rand paul. consistently, very outspoken, are you lobbying him personally or have you written that vote off? we haven t written it off because this bill incorporates the height of federalism, takes essentially all the resources that relate to healthcare that are supposed to go to the states and enrolled them into one
the president is showing an unfortunate lack of respect for the league, the game and its players. fox contributor jim gray joins us with the latest. i want to get into recent tweets we ve been having with nba players. the fallout when it comes to the nfl, were you surprised when you heard the president bring this up and were you surprised by roger goodell s reaction? well, i think that roger goodell is right in what he says. the nfl is at its best when it helps communities come together and now, unfortunately, what we re seeing in sports is the spillover effect of everything that goes on in daily politics spilling onto the fields. and it used to be sports brought everybody together, like the military, bringing together in the common good and common cause and now guys are taking a knee and people are upset because the flag represents a lot of different things to a lot of people. it s offensive to a lot of folks who, particularly those who served the country in the