back at president trump with the dramatic show of solidarity. players across the country got down on one knee, remained seated or stood arm-in-arm during the national anthem after the president called on nfl owners to fire those who refused to stand for the anthem in protest. the oakland raiders tweeted this photo of their silent protest. nearly every member of the team took part ahead of last night s game against the redskins. abc s lana zak has more on the growing backlash. o say can you see reporter: in games across the country, players in the nfl linked arms or took a knee in protest of racial injustice. what started with colin kaepernick has broadened to a response to president trump and these comments. wouldn t you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a [mute] off the field right now, out, he s fired. reporter: this morning he is doubling down. they re making a lot of money. i m not begrudging anythin
early today starts right now. good morning. i m philip mena. i m frances rivera. front pages across the country are filled with images and headlines of silent protests after a sunday of demonstrations from coast to coast. as nfl players of all stripes took a knee, sat arm in arm, and peacefully protested the president of the united states. some teams like the titans choosing to stay in their locker rooms altogether as the star spangled banner played. the steelers also staying off the field, except for this lone player and former army ranger, alejandro villanueva, who stood as the anthem was sung. the protests come after president trump said this about players who took a knee in protest. wouldn t you love to see one of these nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now, out? he s fired! [ cheers and applause ] he s fired! the players and coaches aren t just silently demonstrating, they re also voicing their
and good evening. tonight most of the oakland raiders did not stand for the national anthem before their game in the washington, d.c. area, instead they sat with arms link to send a response to statements from president trump. after the game players said they had to do something. when you get called out by your president, i felt like it was something i had to do. i would be standing up. i have tremendous respect for our military and our flag. the message was about, you know, freedom of speech. you know? we feel that that is what america is about and it was about unity, everybody being together. some said they don t want to talk about the protest, they want to concentrate on football. derek carr did stand during the national anthem. other nfl teams held various protests during the national anthem. [ singing the national anthe] reporter: one of the hardest hits in the nfl today took place on the sidelines when members of the ravens and jaguars took a knee during the n
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korean air space north korean foreign minister responding to two things one is b1b bombers to the east of north korea saturday as a show of force in response to the tensions and this tweet from the president over the weekend, donald trump tweeting out just heard foreign minister of north korea speak at u.n if he echoes thoughts of little rocket man they won t be around much longer. it s not clear what the president meant by they won t be around much longer the foreign minister today in new york, brian, saying when north korea responds to the u.s. show of force that will answer the question of who it is exactly who won t be around much longer a war of words here, if nothing else, at the white house. eamon, thank you very much rick santelli, let s take a look at ten-year did we see a move in the bond market, rick absolutely, sully, whether you re looking at two-year hopefully you re looking at charts, ten-year not only our interest rates. since the german elections, bun