A look at the days news and headlines. Manafort into paying his American Express bill and may have fraudulently submitted personal expenses to be paid by the trump inaugural committee. The defense team says they exposed him as unreliable. After all the laws youve told you expect this jury to believe you . Gates said im here to tell the truth and take responsibility for my actions. Mr. Manafort had the same path. I am trying to change. He says if there are charges of financial funny businessman fort always knew where the money was. The judge jumped in to say manafort wasnt that great knowing where his money was if gates was able to steal as much as he was admitted to stealing. Gates was told that the Manafort Defense Team will have at least another hours worth of questioning for him this morning starting at 9 30 local
time. We dont know who the mueller teams next witness would be that they might call. We know they plan to wrap up their case, rest their case sometime this week. Sandra. S
backlash, nike is standing by its decision to make colin kaepernick the face of its latest marketing campaign. releasing its first commercial online today with plans to put it on tv during the first nfl game of the season tomorrow. the commercials tagline is, believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything. that s not sitting well with national fraternal order of police who announced the commercial and pointed out the 381 police officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice since 2016. joining me now for reaction are jason nichols, and former nypd officer dan bongino. dan, kaepernick got booted from the nfl because of his play, i think, i don t think it s because of the kneeling. people disagree. i follow football as much as anybody. he was fine but i don t think he was one of the best of the best. but mikey thinks, this is our audience. what is the big deal? because the ad campaign in
they are up 50% and they also realize that the majority of their growth and revenue is coming from places like latin america and china. laura: you think china would put up with any of this stuff? china is making all the nike sneakers. they re producing it. i don t think they care about colin kaepernick one way or the other. he stands for justice and equality and equity for all citizens. that s what he s been standing for from the very beginning or kneeling for. laura: do you think he was really cut from the nfl because of the kneeling? absolutely. i don t think there s any question. laura: you think he s one of the top nfl quarterbacks. i m setting aside the kneel i totally am. on football, i don t see the great passer. i don t see the great runner. i m sorry, go ahead, danny.
i think he is very capable. whether he starts or not that should be a decision up to the team. laura: he could play canadian football. dan whether or not it s good or not for the nfl, it s the message, or it s a messenger. i think for police they feel like they put their lives on the line and they are not getting a fair shake here. it feels like people are painting with a broad brush even though there have been tragic things happening to african-americans in the inner-city, no doubt about it. it feels like it s antipolice to a lot of the people in law enforcement. dan, close it out. while it is. he wore socks with cops depicted as pigs and i think you just address the saddest part of this whole thing. there is a very real conversation to be had about the treatment of minorities in this country. that is a genuine conversation. you don t start the conversation by putting on a pair of socks depicting cops as pigs. sorry about that but it s not going to happen. laura: people are goin
moral lessons from jim brown and where i question if he is the right voice. that s an important point to make. definitely something you have to mention talking about jim brown. but specifically in this case he says he agrees with the right for racial equality but doesn t think kneeling during the national anthem is the time. you mentioned prescott. he said it s two minutes out of your day where you should embrace what this country should be. maybe you don t totally agree where the country is now but let s embrace what the country has to offer. jim brown, prescott, two influential people in the nfl along with cowboys owner jerry jones. with a rap sheet like that i don t know. at what point do you forgive. bill: can you separate the two? you can separate them. bill: why is it relevant based on his past? standing for the flag has nothing to do with what he has done in the past but i don t