this controversy all started on friday when president trump was at a political rally in alabama and suggested that players who protest by taking a knee should be fired. get that son of a [bleep] off the field right now. out, he s fired. [cheers and applause] reporter: from nfl league executives have been supportive of the players. houston texans president writing: the comments made by the president were divisive and counterproductive to what our country needs right now. also houston player j.j. watt of course known for his effort during the hurricane harvey recovery, fans say that none of this is going to stop them from coming to the games. right now as we speak we ve got fans filing in behind us. the chargers/chiefs game here in california set to begin in just about 30 minutes or so. arthel: thank you very much for that update from the west coast. eric: and from the controversy
cnn correspondent boris sanchez joining me now from the white house. boris, we just heard from the president via tweet on the image of a show of solidarity or unity at nine nfl games played across the country that kicked off at 1:00. what more does the president have to say on all of this? reporter: hey there, fred. yes, it is a bit of a confusing tweet. let s put it up on the screen right now. the president writing, quote, great solidarity for our national anthem and our country. standing with locked arms is good. kneeling is not acceptable. bad ratings. it s unclear exactly what the president means by this, in part because you imagine that some of these players that are locking arms are doing so in solidarity with players that are kneeling. it s still unclear if the president believes that perhaps one form of protest is more acceptable than the other. he then went on to tweet the following, quote, pleased to inform that the champion pittsburgh penguins of the nhl
white house. good morning, al. this morning first response from the white house to north korea s nuclear test overnight. of course it comes in the form of presidential tweets. the president writing, quote, north korea has conduct add major nuclear test. their words and actions continue to be hostile and dangerous to the united states. north korea is a rogue nation which has become a great threat and embarrassment to china, this is trying to help but with little success. a couple of thoughts off the bat just reading these tweets. first, the first confirmation of any kind from the united states government that this was, in fact, a nuclear test of the north koreans. that s important, they have misrepresented their accomplishments along the way. second you hear the president say it s hostile and dangerous to the united states specifically. not just to allies and friends in the region. having a specific threat in the
to one here because also germany has plants in the united states that build german cars, german companies have plants in the united states and that supports 100,000 workers at least. american workers are paid to build german cars here and export them. bmw our largest export he of cars as well but this foreign policy you can tell is transactional in nature. that s how the president views things. that s why gary cohen involved when it comes to our foreign policy. president trump trying hard to change the narrative but seemed to run into a glitch. look at this tweet from just after midnight. the president writing despite the constant negative press covfefe that appears to be an unfinished tweet with a typo. we don t know for sure. he may be trying to write coverage. if it s a mistake nobody is noticing at the white house. this is still up on the
take a look at this tweet from just after midnight. the president writing despite the constant negative press covfefe appears to be an unfinished tweet. no one seems to be noticing at the white house it has not been taken down tweets or a matter of official presidential record. by the way, cov french f erc oc around the world. more than 100,000 retweets at this junk you re the. you could assume he misfired a tweet and went to bed. we wait with baited breath. now to the russian investigation. press secretary sean spicer back behind the podium but short on