super bowl that just came out. it was actually just released. he says though many of our nation s service members are unable to be home with family and friends to enjoy this evening s american tradition, they are always in our thoughts and prayers, we owe these heroes our greatest respect for defending our liberty and american way of life. their sacrifice is stitched into each star, we hold them in our hearts and thank them for our freedom as we proudly stand for the national anthem. tyler, do you see any p politicization in the game tonight, or do you think that would be a bad move? it s never a bad move to protest. it s the most american thing you could possibly do, but i doubt we see a protest at the super bowl. malcolm jenkins made it clear a lot of his protesting is done at this point. chris long wasn t really protesting to begin with, he was just showing solidarity with black teammates. i think the thing that s more important is that the president is using a politicization of t
minneapolis. a lot of excited fans out there. it marks the end of a season often overshadowed by the president s feuds with the nfl over player protests during the national anthem. it is a topic he referenced yet again during tuesday s state of the union address. take a listen. reverence of those who serve us remind us why we salute our flags, put our hand on our hearts during the pledge of allegiance, and why we proudly stand for the national anthem. all right, there you go. tyler times, grace, josh barro, and peter emerson. the los of titles, peter. tyler, thanks for joining us on
states, he is the head of the biggest club in the entire world. but no one there s no one too small for president trump to punch down at. that is his m.o. all along and certainly the nfl. i m not suggesting they are small players in any way, but this is a move you could have seen him done during the campaign, playing to his base, and he relished it. remember it was when hurricanes were ravaging the virgin islands, puerto rico, and instead ofressing any of that going on, the president was on twitterer all weekend tweeting about kneeling during the national anthem, as though that was the most important issue facing the country at that point in time. yes, we have football and super bowl in particular, i m not a huge sports fan, but i ll be watching the super bowl later. you have to watch the super bowl. we have to come together around the super bowl, yet here at this moment there may be a lot of political conversations happening because of the president s discussion about the nati
eagles are, obviously, going to win. eagles are going to win 31-17, go birds. one more thing, too. i think we need to understand at the same time there are protesters outside right now at the super bowl. this is an issue whether donald trump is president or not because colin kaepernick started it during obama s presidency. black people want to stop being killed. otherwise, go birds. prediction? eagles, absolutely. eagles. i don t know. come on. you don t want to put your tail out there? after the 2016 election i try to make fewer predictions. i say eagles. three, undecided. tyler tynes, thank you. good luck to the eagles, by the way. good luck to the new england patriots, as well. grace, josh, and peter are going to stay with me. coming up next, republicans versus the fbi. how the nunes memo could undermine relationships with the intelligence community. that s next. oh, you brought butch.
the controversy on this sunday over players taking a knee during the national anthem again the spotlight in the nfl, if you have been watching any of the games. vice president pence was attending a game between the san francisco 49ers and the colts of indianapolis earlier today. but he walked out after seeing players from the 49ers kneeling during the anthem. pence issued a statement following the game saying emnot dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our flag or our national anthem. president trump then followed vice president pence with a tweet of his own saying he asked pence to leave if any players kneeled. let s go to tyler tynes and jason page. tyler, peter alexander was reporting at the top of the hour for us and he said those who might be critical of what the vice president and the president did, is that they had planned this out if you will to double down, triple down on their