here, but clearly this season, to me, to the credit of the nfl and the players has been defined by protests, and i think that s a great thing. i mentioned the odds at the top. you look at the odds being cast on the eagles being mentioned in the first tweet, those are hiner the patriots being mentioned. there s an expectation where the game is the president going to weigh in. some people that s going to happen tonight. in light of what bill was saying, we focus on the protests themselves. i wont if that s at the deficit of other conversations. has the conversation shifted the conversation? that was his goal. there has never in the history of this country been a protest led by black people for justice that still been popular, that hasn t been met with pushback.
statement of the north korean leader he tries between the lines he tries to to make clear that everything is under control so there would wouldn t be ok i would accept you asian where somebody by accident would push the but because he has it under his control i think he was very clear on that point so you think he s a much more rational leader than we give him credit for yes absolutely he has to be very rational because he has to deal he has to to work with very limited resources to to survive on the international. diplomatic world honest a muslim professor from the school of east asian studies at berlin s for university thanks. our next we had to ethiopia that country s prime minister has announced that the country will release its political prisoners and close a notorious law prisoner camp the announcement comes after months of anti-government demonstrations the protest led to
nairobi and promised to work to unite the country with the kenyans have won the election rerun that was ordered by the supreme court the boycotted by the opposition even as he was being sworn in police were tear gassing demonstrators taking part in a protest led by opposition leader raul odinga. de w. correspondent catherine i wonder is in nairobi welcome back catherine so rather a danger boycotted the rerun and held a rally today the day the president was being sworn in what did he have to say. oh he has made his most explosive speech in the last couple of days which is saying that he will be sworn in by a people s assembly on the twelfth of december now the twelfth of december is kenya s independence day a very significant day for millions of kenyans so his announcement comes growth as a shock to people who support the main ruling party saying that it s probably even just a joke that he s just looking for mileage but then you have his supporters who are
to stall goodell s contract extension and preparing to sue the league. jones and a handful will owners are upset about his action to stop the neville protest led to decline in games. steve scalise challenging representative sam johnson to the scooter race and the competition was epic. ainsley: that is great. why does only one have a helmet? [laughter] jillian: the music, the go proas brian pointed out, everything. ainsley: who won? jillian: johnson 87 years old won. scalise injured over the summer practicing for the congressional baseball game. he was a good sport about it. steve: washington, d.c. going around in circles. finally they got something
defense and planning to take on the nfl. trace gallagher has more. trace? dana, at the time san franciscoer quarterback colin kaepernick said he wouldn t stand because of black oppression. the nfl s response is the players are encouraged but not required to stand during the anthem. kaepernick s protest led to an intense national backlash. and now weeks before the start of the nfl season, kaepernick has yet to sign with a new team. film director spike lee is among those that think the national anthem controversy is the reason that he remains a free agent. so lee is promoting a rally for kaepernick at nfl headquarters on august 23 called united we stand whereby the way they spelled kaepernick s name wrong. lee said he didn t organize the rally. he said how is it possible that