passed a resolution to censure squad member jamal bowman for pulling a capitol building fire alarm back in september. it forced an evacuation of the building. it also created quite a chaos as congress rushed to head off a government shutdown. the new york democrat is now the 28th lawmaker ever censured in history. you are watching the faulkner focus. i m julie banderas in for harris today. it was caught on video and why he pled guilty. he got caught. bowman a former middle school principal said he was simply trying to open a door clearly marked as off limits. he pled guilty to a miss demeanor charge and paid a $1 thousand fine. the max fine. bowman continues to deny he was trying to delay the spending bill vote. jim jordan confident the censure motion would pass. i think it is in a more broader and how crazy things have gotten in the biden administration. an f.b.i. that says if you are catholic you re extremist and members of congress pulling a fire alarm to disrupt a vot
The bottom line in the end is that he is actually not that good at football. if he was, they would put up with it and the sponsors would stay. if you throw a fit and cost the nfl a ton of money you better make up for it on the field. being 30th out of 32 out of all the quarterbacks in the nfl won t cut it. a lot of bad behavior by nfl behaviors in the past. if he doesn t get signed now that aaron rodgers has gone down. is there a better backup quarterback unsigned out there right now? i don t think so. the nfl is willing to put up with people who have sexually abused women and beaten women and a lot of other things. yet they aren t willing to put up with the freedom of speech. that s the problem here. colin kaepernick has every right to kneel as a freedom of speech like we all have a right to voice our opinion about whether he should or not. that s freedom of speech under
A backup or a third string quarterback because they don t want backlash from the fans. eric: opted out of his contract. some think he would have been cut by the 49ers. that would have been a football condition. 20 kneeling. eric reid, a lot of these guys are in the corner of kaepernick. the 49ers made a football decision and would have made a football decision if they would have cut him and kaepernick thought he could go someplace else, play someplace else and do better but it hasn t worked out that way. eric: the other players are still playing. washington post , how hard it is to prove the case. the collective bargaining agreement prohibits teams from conspiring to make decisions about signing a player. the cba says the mere fact a player is unsigned and evidence about the players qualifications to be on an nfl
They re siding with their viewers rather than kaepernick, who a, just doesn t have the numbers to be acting like this and also they are deciding they don t want someone like this on their team based on the values of their viewers. eric: the referee will blow the whistle here. do you think he should go back in the huddle? yes or no. if people think he is good enough at football they ll sign him. business and other considerations never trump your rights as an american. this is the first amendment, freedom of speech. nothing trumps that. millions of people have gone to war to defend it and they didn t do it to decide whether someone should kneel or not. put your hand on your heart, sing the anthem or not. it s not why we re the greatest democracy on earth. it s because of everybody s right to speak. sandra: a governor s race in virginia heating up. both candidates getting help from party heavy weights in a race that has implications for
Harvey weinstein remains in arizona where he has promised to seek help for what he considers sexual addiction. eric. eric: other people say and consider complete sexual assault allegedly. jonathan hunt. in that contract, beyond offensive if true. sandra: a key decision in senator menendez corruption trial and why the judge could drop some charges. eric: kaepernick files a grievance against the nfl claiming owners are colluding against him to keep him off the field. is that true? jim gray will be here to discuss. before watching a football game you want to see those players be proud of their country, respect our country, respect our flag, and respect our national anthem.