violence, while the battle against isis continues. here in the united states, the national football league is getting political. players and owners protesting recent comments by the u.s. president. mr. trump says that players who kneel in protest, again, protesting a right for people here in the united states. but those people should be fired if they do so during the national anthem. now earlier, players had to say they were calling attention to racial and social injustice. but on sunday, many more player, and even some owners joined together, kneeling or locking arms in solidarity at every single game sunday. even so, donald trump still thinks these players should lose their jobs. the nfl has to work out their own problems. their numbers are way down, and thing is a big reason why their numbers are way down. i m just telling you from my standpoint, i think it s very disrespectful to our country.
their colleagues susan collins and lisa murkowski also have deep reservations. we ll take a short break. more on donald trump s sparring with the nfl, and hear from a sports journalist. we re back with that. my business was going nowhere. so i built this kickin new website with godaddy. building a website in under an hour is easy! 68% of people. .who have built their website using gocentral, did it in. .under an hour, and you can too. type in your business or idea. pick your favourite design. personalize it with beautiful images. and.you re done! and now business is booming. harriet, it s a double stitch not a cross stitch! build a better website - in under an hour. free to try. no credit card required. gocentral from godaddy.
probably over 100 players who actually took a knee, or some other way protested the national anthem. not to mention almost every other player, george, who was at least linking arms with his teammates or his coaches. so it was a very big show of force. the nfl basically telling donald trump i think exactly what they thought of his comments in alabama on friday. this movement started by colin kaepernick to protest social and racial injustice. but with president trump making himself personally part of this debate, he himself has become a lightning rod for protests among these players as well. oh, absolutely, george. in fact i think just i ve not interviewed these players yet and we ll find out a lot more. but i think the protesting now is more anti-donald trump than it is about the issues that kaepernick, the very serious issues that kaepernick and some of the other players were protesting for over a year,
concrete on top of this building. further, the mexico city mayor has announced thousands of buildings have been inspected and are habitable. classes will resume today. but this is still a city recovering from the earthquake. a little bit of progress amidst all that heart break. in puerto rico, aid is beginning to arrive. officials there describes desperate conditions in the wake of hurricane maria. millions cut or from the world since wednesday. the threat from maria is not over yet. a tropical storm watch in effect to the north korea coast. nfl players defying the president with anthem protest,
three years ago but abandoned the plan. the business friendly trump administration may approve the merger. president trump picking fights with the sports world. under armor being criticized. it stands by the pre speech. at the company later deleted that tweet replacing with one that adds the word flag. that tweak made many people on social media unhappy. accusing the company of riding the fence and not picking sides. even yur reaction can be criticized. early start continues right now. the nfl fighting back in a show of unity after president trump called on team owners to fire players who kneel during the national anthem. time running short for the republican health care bill and opposition to the bill growing