And replace obamacare before fridays deadline. Overshadowing the agenda and headlines is this controversy over politics and sports. The president doubling down on his call for nfl players who protest the National Anthem to be fired. Nfl owners and fans are responding. Among our guest this is hour, jim gray, from fox sports, congressman tom reed, ricardo rosello, governor of puerto rico and dr. Alveda king. Melissa good lineup there. Microsoft, visa, mcdonalds among todays biggest drags. Lets go to Nicole Petallides on what is moving markets. Hello, melissa and dave. Thats right. There was spooks with the market with north korea. Tough talk, saying that the u. S. Declared war on south korea with President Trumps comments. That spooked the market. We saw selling. You saw rotation out of technology. That too weighed on markets. The low of the day was 130 points. We recovered much of that. Were down 52 points on the Dow Jones Industrial average at this time. We did see also some tech stocks, as i mentioned, technology, rotation out of tech. They have been the highflyers. Some people those are real winners of 2017, no doubt. You look at some names beaten down and you can see them under pressure. Facebook down 4 1 2 . Amazon 1. 6 . 10 correction we were watching for amazon from the recent highes. Apple, apple in particular was in the news because of a report from digit get times, that apple was slowing down parts needed from suppliers. Analyst said he is not surprised to see. That theyre operating at about 40 roughly what they initially thought they would need. That ultimately, people still like apple for the long term. Take a look at parts suppliers. Theyre all down, from the launch. From the september 12th launch we heard what apple has been bringing. Apple is under significant pressure. Back to you. Melissa nicole, thank you. David investors driven to safe haven of gold after the threats from north korea. Gold gaining 13. 50 an ounce, back above 1300. Gold is trading 22 above the lows of the year. Oil at 53. 22 a barrel today 52. 19 a barrel. A war of words with the nfl continues. Our own blake burman live at the white house with the latest. Blake another busy day there. Reporter one of those day, pick a topic, melissa. White House Press SecretarySarah Sanders trying to argue this renewed debate between President Trump and National Football league she claimed is not having distraction shun on the legislative agenda however this is very clear on top of the mind of the president as he started off the day with series of tweets, one which he said the following, and i quote here, he said issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race. It is about respect for our country, flag and National Anthem. The nfl must respect this. Sara sanders says it is always appropriate for him to defend the flag. This isnt about the president being against anyone. This is about the president and millions of americans being for something, being for honoring our flag, honoring our National Anthem and honoring the men and women who fought to defend it. Reporter as for that agenda the president will hit the road on wednesday as he will travel to indiana to lay out details of this first batch of tax reform framework. The sanders, saying that certain parts of it have been finalized at this point. And shy gave a bit of a preview what to expect on wednesday. President will discuss new details on the framework for these cuts and reforms. These details will include specific proposed rates for individuals, Small Businesses and corporations. He will also discuss the elimination of loopholes that have rigged the current tax code in favor of the wealthy and wellconnected. Reporter now the president is scheduled, speaking of the schedule, tomorrow to host a Bipartisan Group of the house ways and Means Committee. That is a very Influential Group at the center of this tax reform overhaul, as the blueprint, the framework will be presented on wednesday. This is the group, david and melissa, that will end up filling in the details of that framework. I guess you could say tax reform is about to be under construction which you can hear at the white house. I can hear it. When people say nfl i think of tax reform. When they say health care, i think of tax reform. When they say twitter i think of tax reform. I dont know, blake, well look forward to wednesday. David singleminded my cohost. Melissa tax reform. David me too. Liz peek fiscal times columnist and steve cortes, former Trump Campaign and Fox News Contributor. Saying that this dustup will crowd out the message on tax reform which you say what . David, no. Clearly by the way in a sense they are related. As the nfl crisis has shown us unfortunately as a country were incredibly divided. I think were divided as weve been in my lifetime. A large cause of that divide in our society is slow economic growth, economic anxiety, always exacerbates other problems, whether a family country or like the United States. We had far too slow growth for a long time and middle class people, no growth for a decade. One of the quickest ways to spur real growth, particularly for middle class families, tax reform, simplification and lower rates. David liz, im with steve halfway. I think the elites of this country, whether Million DollarFootball Players or people in the media making much too much about the racial divide in this country. My family, like every other family in the u. S. Has a lot of, not racial divisions but racial harmony people are coming in, intermarrying. I think we as a nation are so far beyond this debate which made a molehill into a mountain by a lot of these people in the elite. However, everybody has a stake in tax reform, dont they . Absolutely. By the way, this was a single issue maybe that donald trump was elected to pursue. By the way, also getting rid of obamacare which doesnt seem to be going anywhere very fast. I think steves totally right. Better growth is really what is needed to heal a lost wound of this country, whether it is racial or gender or anything else, income in equality, all those issues, become less important, if we want income growth. David i want to give steve a chance to come back. I didnt mean to beat up on you. You know what im saying steve. Thats all right. David as a nation, individual families in america were so far beyond where the debate is in the media and political sphere. No, david, i think youre spot on actually, there. I do believe in america racism thank goodness is thing of past. We have racist sins in the past. We cant gloss over them. They are incredibly important. I have teen daughters. When i interact with teenagers im not sure they see color. That is enormous progress for our country. But that doesnt mean were not divided on a lot of other things, even not necessarily race. David but it means tax cuts bring us all together. Melissa were running out of time with the Committee Hearing currently underway interrupted by protesters at the beginning of the event. Adam shapiro is on capitol hill with the latest on this one, adam. Reporter we want to do the count if the bill is brought up for a vote later this week. Let me show you who is a yes, who is a no, where we go from here. Right now the nos, john mccain, rand paul. Ted cruzs office, last 30 minutes, saying as of right now ted cruz is a no. Those three are enough essentially to kill the people or keep it from coming for a vote. On the fence, should ted cruz change his mind, the on the fence votes would be susan collins, we expect her to be a no, lisa murkowski, from alaska, collins from maine and mike lee from utah, his office is still waiting for details what this does to medicaid going forward. But the key is why as we hear at the hearing they want to do this, which is because according to senators who are testifying, senator cassidy for whom the bill is named, one of the sponsors, obamacare, the Affordable Care act is failing a great Many Americans. And as senator graham who is the coauthor of the bill said we need to do something now. Here is senator graham. It is time to try something new, and i believe with all my heart and soul, mr. Chairman if we took money and power out of washington, got it closer to the patient, put it in the hands of somebody you would have a relationship with, you could actually vote for if you dont like the product, well get a better outcome. Reporter many of the people testifying saying this would not a better out come for millions of americans, for one reason or another might lose their health care. Or if a state made the decision to waive the preexisting coverage those people would lose coverage. Here is what senator wyden had to say about it. Nobody has to buy a lemon because it is the last car on the lot. This Trumpcare Bill is a health care lemon a disaster in the making. The fact that it is the last republican repeal bill standing doesnt make it okay. Reporter so right now, there are enough votes to kill the grahamcassidyhellerjohnson bill. Republicans are trying to what you heard the other senators say, lemons into lemonade. Theyre working on rand paul. He will have a press conference in the next half hour. Perhaps, perhaps, he has changed his mind. Well find out. Back to you. Melissa adam, thank you so much. Liz and steve are back with us. Liz, you know, i kind of, looked for a second they might get something done. Then i was wondering again, why arent we focused on tax reform . It doesnt seem like we can do multiple things at once . This is what republicans promised for seven years to get rid of obamacare. Honestly makes my head explode, people like rand paul, ted cruz and others are basically acknowledging that the, sequel to this is massive taxpayer bailout of a failing obamacare. That is in the weeds next up. I dont understand how they can really be opposed to states rights, to federalism, to things that conservatives believe in. Ted cruz is especially mystifying, because texas is a big winner in grahamcassidy, they get tens of billions of dollars of incremental fund. This is an abomination. I am really shocked republicans cant come together on this very disappointing for the country. Melissa Lindsey Graham is supposed to be the guy everybody likes, he is in the middle, lets make a deal, blah blah, so . He is showing he is ineffective even though people like him. I agree with liz, this is washington at its very worst. Melissa so typical. These republicans are tacitly happy with the status quo. They simply r they dont really want things to change. K street, washington cap ball, democrats and republicans that group against the trump movement. We are eventually going to prevail but maddening the process. Melissa i dont want that to be the truth, they really dont want things to change. They say that is not the truth but it certainly feels ike that for Many Americans as they watch this. Steve, liz, thank you. Thank you. David the crisis in puerto rico continues. Most of the island is without power. Hundreds are forced to flee their homes as a nearby dam threatens to give way. The governor of puerto rico joins us with more of the situation on the ground, and what they need right now. Melissa north koreas new warnings. The rogue nation now threatening to shoot down u. S. Bombers even if they arent in their airspace. We have more coming up. David thats nice. White house responding for president s call to fire nfl players that dont stand for the National Anthem. Jim gray on how this will impact professional football and other sports going forward. It is always appropriate for the president of the United States to defend our flag, defend the National Anthem, and defend men and women who fought and died to defend it. I count on my dell Small Business advisor for tech advice. With one phone call, i get products that suit my needs and i get back to business. They save us from gettingones . Lost, getting hungry, and getting tired of places like this. Phones changed everything shouldnt the way pay for them change too . Introducing xfinity mobile. Where you can pay for data by the gig, and share it across all of your lines. No one else lets you do that. See how much you can save when you pay by the gig. Xfinity mobile. Its a new kind of network designed to save you money. Call, visit, or go to xfinitymobile. Com. David the president igniting a firestorm with this comment. Were proud of our country. We respect our flag. Wouldnt you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, get that son after [bleep] off the field out right now, he is fired . Hes fired david team owners and players speaking out against the president this weekend. 200 player sitting or kneeling on sunday. The number up from six last week. New England Patriots owner bob kraft did not support the president on this. Im deeply disappointed by the tone of the comments on friday. Im proud to be associated with some players who make such tremendous contributions and postively impacting our communities. Now his quarterback, fellow trump friend, tom brady also backed up his teammates. Yeah, i mean i certainly disagree with what he said and you know, thought it was just divisive, like i said be i just want to support my teammates. I always, im never one that says, oh thats wrong or thats right but i do believe in what i believe in. And i believe in bringing people together and respect, love and trust, and, you know, those are the values that my parents instilled in me. David fox sports broadcaster jim gray joining me now on all this. Jim, thanks for being here. Before the president s comments it appears the kneelings were dying down rather than heating up, is that right . Absolutely as you mentioned. Very few were participating. Colin kaepernick is out of the league. There were very, very few, four to six had participated. But the tide turned entirely after that speech in alabama when the president referred to those folks that they should be fired and called them sons of, that was rallying cry i and, entire league came together and united. They did not appreciate the president s comments. Thought they were wholly inappropriate and it galvanized them. David jim, i was wondering why they were dying down . Did they saw connection between the kneelings and drop in ratings for the nfl . Well you know that is being discounted in some quarters and in other quarters it is being, excuse the pun, trumped up. A lot of factors go into that. The ratings were down last year. Competitive imbalance is part of the reason. The games just werent good in many instances. The political process last year, President Trump garner ad lot of audience that was a contributing factor. Colin kaepernick, taking a knee has to be factored into a certain degree. David we mentioned what kraft had said. He is trump supporter who is against what President Trump said on friday, but not all owners have come from the same point of view. The dallas owner, jerry jones, was speaking to some of our associates at fox business last week. Here is what he had to say about all this. Well i do not think the place to express yourself in society is as we recognize the american flag, and all the people that have made this great country. The very opportunity for us to get, to be there in front of the nation. That is not the place to do anything other than honor the flag and everybody that has given up for it. David we should mention, a notable number of players do honor the flag. One of them on sunday was alejandro villanova, pittsburgh steelers, tackle. All his teammates were in the locker room taking a knee during the anthem. You can see he had his hand on his heart. A guy is former army ranger. Real hero. So there are differences of opinions on this, arent there, jim . Well, certainly there is. And that was a beautiful moment right there. David it was. You know, what jerry jones was speaking to us, prior to this weekend, 70 of the fans did not want to see the kneeling taking place. David right. Jerry is representing a lot of fans and people taking in the games feel. It is fair to point out, put that in context, that interview was before the president called the players s. O. B. S, for peaceful protest. David im sure he will be asked that question several times this week as well. Jim, quite a controversy, thank you for being here to talk about. Appreciate it. To put in another sports metaphor, i think were top of the third inning. David exactly. We want pure spots. Church and sports we dont need politicized any shape or form. Jim, appreciate seeing you. Melissa meanwhile Alejandro Villanueva decision to stand clearly resonated to fans. The steelers defensive tackle and former army ranger is clearlying top selling jersey in last 24 hours, knocking tom brady out of the top spot. People wanted his jersey after he did that. I have to admit, i wanted one. Wint on nfl to buy one. He is a real hero. Melissa you know what . To me this is about my country and honoring vets and honoring firstresponders. David he is a great man, a real hero, a genuine hero. Separating politics and sports as a war of words continue over the National Anthem. How can our country unify . Alveda king, the niece of dr. Martin luther king, jr. She has a wonderful message. This is amazing lady. In puerto rico, thousands lacking power and water in puerto rico. Well talk with the governor of puerto rico ahead. That is next. It is scariest thing in the world. I thought we would die when the eye turned. We moved into the bathroom. The gusts we learned later at 245. We thought that was the end of our life can i kick it . Yes you can can i kick it . Yes you can can i kick it . Yes you can well im gone melissa puerto rico in desperate need of assistance. The island faces crisis four days after Hurricane Maria made direct landfall. Residents do not po