live that country where have you upward mobility and the ability to play sport and make money. we live in the greatest country in the world. it s disgraceful that this ever became an issue in the first place. under maria s thinking i want to work for him because i will get a say never personnel policy that gets made. harris: boy, that will be complicated: katie if you flip this and look at the other side would it be fair to keep in the locker room and show protest politically. katie: copout if you don t want to be on the field were your team can you stay inside. harris: do you think that is stifling their right to protest? katie: i don t think you have a right to protest at work. that s exactly what these people are doing. the nba has had a policy for years about standing up for the national anthem. when you look at the statement that roger goodell just put out he says it s unfortunate that the on field protests gave the nfl a depiction that we are unpatriotic. well, guess wh
maria: protests incredibly patriotic theme too throughout our history. it s about being patriotic. they believe they re trying to make the country better. harris: we ll be right back.
policy. nfl players have shown their patriotism through their social activism, their community service and support of our military and law enforcement and, yes, through their protests to raise awareness about the issues they care, about end quote, david. fans watch the nfl to see football they don t want players kneeling for tax cuts or social justice reasons. people go to watch football. and that s what the focus ought to be on. harris: that s an interesting policy. maria: it is. bizarre one. sort of. bizarre? would you advocate. harris: their paychecks got bigger. advocate for players getting on their knees for a conservative cause. maria: i m for players exercising first amendment rights? whatever that cause is. maria: absolutely. the nfl may have stumbled a little bit here. this has been a very hot
finally after your ratings went down significantly, and had you people fans of 30, 40 years tuning out of your games, not going to the games, you finally stood up with a spine on behalf of the american flag which so many people have died to represent. so, it s really wasn t a tough decision it s unfortunate he took so long to make it. maria: it s all about money. harris: yes it s a frequent. when you talk about patriotism for those players who wanted to show their support and show in a different way, it kind of colored everybody with the same brush. the president played a role. you had politicians playing a role. look, it s a hot-button issue. there is no question about it. it doesn t change the fundamentals which is fans tune in to nfl games to watch football and that should be. lisa: how ridiculous it ever became a controversial issue standing for the flag. how is that a controversial issue from the beginning?
they don t trust the doj. they don t trust the fbi. they don t trust trump. my hope is that the inspector general report both with the way the clinton investigation was handled and now that he has been tasked to look at potential fisa abuse and expanded view on if there is political bias varadkaring president trump as well, my hope is that it gets to the bottom of this, it leads to any firing that need to happen as we saw with andrew andrew mcmccabe there is cleaning of house and bad actors and get back to a place where americans can trust these institutions it is important to trust the fbi and the duong. and important to trust the president. harris: it s important to not to have to talk about it the fbi should just be doing its job. maria: i think they are. and thousands harris: thousands are you are absolutely right, maria. we are talking about bad actors, potentially and those who showed bias in text messages. katie: andrew mccabe having lied four different