morning. who s in and who s out. it s very difficult for me to envision a scenario where i would end up voting for this bill. goodness gracious. temp males are back. only this time they belong to jared kushner. he used private e-mail account for white house business. say i told you we have a lot to cover this morning beginning with the president going toe to toe with the national football league after trashing players that protest during the national anthem and calling for them to be fired. roughly 200 players went ahead and protested anyway. their boss did too. the people who would do the firing came out in droves to support their teams. nearly every nfl owner as well as owners from major league baseball and nba issued statements calling for onity saying it s the players right. the president said it s about respecting the flag and the country. and we haven t even mentioned puerto rico. 3.5 million people, u.s. citizens still living without power. many without water. i
either. our country waking um more divided than ever. more than 200 nfl players took a knee or raised their fist during our national anthem. the protest in response to president trump calling for coaches to punish players who refuse to stand for the american flag. it has nothing to do with race. this has to do with respect for our country and respect for our flag. the bombs bursting in air former army ranger alejandroville knave havalejande only on one to stand. sometimes i get a good feeling get aling tt i never, never, never had before, no, no. steve: hi, everybody. welcome to studio f on a beautiful monday here in new york city. thank you for joining us. you are watching the world s number one cable news show thanks to folks like you. ainsley: i hope had you a good weekend. brian: the president s remarks led to an interesting weekend as far as the nfl. i m amazed at the velocity of stories and intense still of news. we have not had one day when you thought to
policing in america, but yesterday president trump making it clear this has nothing to do with race. this has nothing to do with race. i ve never said anything about race. this has nothing to do with race or anything else. this has to do with respect for our country and respect for our flag. when you get on your knee and you don t respect the american flag or anthem, that s not what we saw game after game kneeling, some stood with arms locked and one player on the pittsburgh steelers alejandro villanueva whose entire team stayed in locker room, villa noofa stood proudly by himself, a former army ranger with three tours in afghanistan and brans star. steelers put out a statement, the players have stayed unified and have respected the fact that like our country these are diverse opinions in our locker room. it is a difficult time in our country, finally, last night the late game here in washington, most of the raiders, oakland raiders sat while the majority of redskins st
president for comments they say are divisive. the president isn t backing down. a short time ago he said sports fan should never condone players that do not stand proud for the national anthem weather country. nfl should change policy. kristin fisher is reporting from somerset new jersey near the presidents private golf club. the president spoke with reporters last hour. what is he saying now. in some ways he is digging in and in some ways he s taking a step back. this morning on twitter, he encourage some fans to go to games and he retweeted someone who said they should boycott the nfl. president trump was asked directly, are you calling on your supporters to boycott the nfl. he said no. he is digging in his criticism of the nfl players who continue to take any during the national anthem. he says this is about respect for our flag and respect for our country and nothing else. this has nothing to do with race. i never said anything about race. this has nothing to do with
from several countries including ones in the original ban with north korea and venezuela now added to the list. a chief white house correspondent john roberts joining all of us. good morning to you. and the president all morning brushing off the push back on the nfl over the weekend. insisting that players who take a knee during the national anthem should be disciplined by the league. tweeting out that the new hashtag stand for anthem. a big show of defiance yesterday, a lot of players took a knee during that anthem. the seattle seahawks, pittsburgh steelers stayed in the locker room during the end them. but one pittsburgh player you see there, alejandro villanueva came out of the tunnel. he by the way, he did three tours of duty. an army ranger in afghanistan. this whole thing started on friday night when the president said that any player who kneels for the national anthem is a sob who should be fired. well, i think that he should do something about it. i think that s v