nothing to see, he insists the white house s. he trying to wage a culture war? not at all. the president s not talking about race. the president s talking about pride in our country. what you saw yesterday were players and fans of all races joining together as americans to honor our service members. that s what the president s talking about. that s what his focus is on. reporter: one gop adviser to the white house told cnn the president was waging a cultural war. trolling today s pro athletes as though they were hillary clinton. it is what it is. reporter: among his targets, nba star steph curry. going to the white house is a great honor for a championship team. steph curry is hesitating. therefore, invitation candrawn. president trump s comments provoked comment on the field and off. lebron james tweeted, you bum, to the president. he doesn t understand how many kids, no matter the race, look up to the president of the united states for guidance, for leadership, for words
talking about. that s what his focus is on. reporter: one gop adviser to the white house says the president was waging a cultural war. trolling today s pro athletes as if they were hillary clinton. it is what it is. reporter: among his targets is it curry. going to a white house is honor, curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn. president trump s comments did comments on and off the field. he doesn t understand how many kids no matter the race look up to the president of the united states for guidance, for leadership, for words of encouragement. reporter: this isn t the first time the president has gone after athletes for kneeling in protest. he did it during the campaign, signaling out quarterback colin kaepernick. number one finding out politics is much rougher game
house, navy ships and install s and military bases. this is a private service with his family allowing the world to watch in as we say good-bye to a man who was 95 when he passed in december and was the first american to orbit the earth and coming back and running successfully a couple times for the senate and ultimately serving a lengthy term of service serving in a different way as well and today we all say good-bye and honor him. bill: what an honor it is. this now is more breaking news that keeps rolling today. senators debating the nomination of neil gorsuch at the moment. minutes from now they ll take a key vote. we ll bring you there live to see the progress or lack there of. shannon: and president trump said america should always come first but at the chemical attack in syria he said he s seeing
and also trying to points higher lit size it or manipulate it which becomes a big issue. this will be a broader conversation that will continue. thank you all very much. the news keeps rolling today. it s coming a day after a rare strategist and attack dog. joe johns is live at the white house this morning with more. good morning. the president is expected to take a victory lap at cpack today a year ago as a candidate. he was so spurned by many conservatives he didn t bother to show up at the conference. today he is at the center of attention. in a rare public appearance, showing president trump will deliver. every day in the oval office