because there s a vacancy in leadership and in this vacancy of leadership, now i think is the nfl s let s do something. so the nfl p.a. leader has got to say, okay, we ve done the dealing, we ve done the name calling, now let s be proactive and let s do something. nba, same thing. we got this tremendous platform, forget the name calling, forget the, you know, the gestures. we re in a position of doing something. so now i think the thing is to be proactive, and now let s do something. let s fill this leadership void. our tremendous thanks to our leadoff panel tonight. two terrific journalists, and a guy i wish would just put the uniform back on and go back to work. that s not going to happen. for our lowly 0-3 new york giants. bill rhoden, carl banks, tamara keith, our thanks. we ll take our first break tonight. and still ahead, the incredible pictures from capitol hill today. don t know whether you ve seen this yet. where the demonstrators in wheelchairs disrupted a hearing o
to eli. tamara, help us out, again. this this has worked. as a planned distraction. luckily, we have an hour of airtime tonight. we ve divided it among this, north korea, health care, and american citizens in puerto rico. but this is going to stick. there was a lot of journalism over the weekend about the presidents that used to lift us up as part of the job description. yes, and this president has chosen a different tack. president trump has certainly chosen a course where he at times seeks out division and that is certainly part of what s going on here. now, you know, the interesting thing is coming out of charlottesville, he took a huge amount of heat about his remarks after charlottesville and racially charged violence that happened there. he said sort of his make good after that was to say that he
the nfl s let s do something. so the nfl p.a. leader has got to say, okay, we ve done the dealing, we ve done the name calling, now let s be proactive and let s do something. nba, same thing. we got this tremendous platform, forget the name calling, forget the, you know, the gestures. we re in a position of doing something. so now i think the thing is to be proactive, and now let s do something. let s fill this leadership void. our tremendous thanks to our leadoff panel tonight. two terrific journalists, and a guy i wish would just put the uniform back on and go back to work. that s not going to happen. for our lowly 0-3 new york giants. bill rhoden, carl banks, tamara keith, our thanks. we ll take our first break tonight. and still ahead, the incredible pictures from capitol hill today. don t know whether you ve seen this yet. where the demonstrators in wheelchairs disrupted a hearing on this latest health care bill attempt. the bill s effectively dead as of tonight thanks t
when they run the option, you catch the quarterback, you kill the play. again, give all this advice to eli. tamara, help us out, again. this this has worked. as a planned distraction. luckily, we have an hour of airtime tonight. we ve divided it among this, north korea, health care, and american citizens in puerto rico. but this is going to stick. there was a lot of journalism over the weekend about the presidents that used to lift us up as part of the job description. yes, and this president has chosen a different tack. president trump has certainly chosen a course where he at times seeks out division and that is certainly part of what s going on here. now, you know, the interesting thing is coming out of charlottesville, he took a huge amount of heat about his remarks after charlottesville and racially charged violence that happened there.
these young men who come from communities of color unpatriotic because they want to bring attention to the issues that are plaguing their communities, then so be it. they are no more un-american than a person sitting there in the highest office of the world that talks about doing bad things to women, to criticize john mccain as not being a hero. he s no more american no more un-american than that guy is. i can tell you that right now. tamra, rescue this, just by taking us into the political angle. i don t mean to call for a judgment on your part. i know it s not your reporting. do you believe the thrust of what politico is saying? as if there s a rainy day list. when health care s going down, when puerto rico s a mess, and you re locked in a verbal war of words with the north korean leader. was this a misdirection for a friday night rally in alabama? i will just say that this is not the first time that president trump or candidate trump has picked a feud. has found a feud that fe