CLAPPER: Welcome back. In the sports lead now -- ESPN today suspended host Jemele Hill, saying that she violated the network's social media guidelines for a second time. This comes after Hill in a tweet said her followers should consider boycotting Dallas Cowboys advertisers because the Cowboys owner Jerry Jones threatened to bench any player who kneels during the national anthem. Later, Hill clarified, we should say, that she wasn't advocating an NFL boycott. ESPN, of course, is a broadcast partner of the NFL, the home for "Monday Night Football." Hill remained on the air a few weeks ago after calling the president a white supremacist on Twitter. The White House called for her firing in response to that tweet. Now to our politics lead. A closer lock at how much you and I paid for the vice president to take a stand against an NFL protest of a different kind. His travel is under scrutiny now after he and his wife walked out on yesterday's Colts/49ers game when several players took a knee during the anthem. To get to the game, Pence traveled cross the country from Las Vegas to Indianapolis. Then after his exit from that game, Pence got on a plane again and went back west to Los Angeles for private fund-raisers and a tax reform event. The cost of those flights, they add up. He also missed the main event, we should say. Team Pence says he made that special trip to Indianapolis to support former Colts QB Peyton Manning who was honored at the half time. Instead, Pence tweeted he didn't want to dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our flag or our national anthem.
ESPN Says Jemele Hill Violated Social Media Policy.