atlanta's mayor was talking about it earlier tonight. with major league baseball taking the all-star game out of atlanta, a city that has 30% of its small businesses owned by african-americans. it will be a huge short-term blow to move the all-star game out of the state in july. the companies are trying to do positive things for long-term positive social movement and social action changes and that is a positive. about you in the short-term it will be painful for georgia. >> thank you to the three of you kicking us off tonight. coming up, the defense has their best day yet at the derek chauvin trial, but is it enough to leave a reasonable doubt with the jury? and later, why is one state head and shoulders above everyone in new covid cases? we will ask a doctor on the front lines there tonight. "the 11th hour" getting underway on a tuesday night. "the 11th hour" getting underway on a tuesday night see every delivery... every yikes... and even every awwwwwwww... wait, where was i? introducing self protection from xfinity. designed to put yo

atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms work major league baseball taking the all-star game out of atlanta, a city that has 30 ps of its small businesses owned by african-americans, a city that's 30% african-american, it's going to be a huge short-term blow to the georgia economy to move the all-star game out of the state come july. and so yes, these companies are trying to do positive things for long-term positive social moment, social action changes, and that's a positive, but in the short-term it's going to be economically painful for georgia. >> thank you to the three of you. >>> coming up, the defense has its best day yet at the derek chauvin trial, but is it enough to leave reasonable doubt with a jury? >>> and later, why is one state head and shoulders above everybody else in covid cases? we'll have sk a doctor. "the 11th hour" getting under way on a tuesday night. i have the power to lower my a1c. because i can still make my own insulin. and trulicity activates my body to release it. once-weekly trulicity is for type 2 diabetes. most people taking it reached an a1c under 7%. trulic

hi to look up the shooting in atlanta. there have been so many since. one day six asian women gunned down for being to work. we all know the rhetoric surrounding covid-19 that we have lived through. what's your degree of certainty that joe biden will put pen to paper and line p sign the legislation as you intended it? >> i have a pretty high degree of ternity because speaker plos eye put out a statement today that when they intend to vote on the senate bill. so it's going to move pretty quickly. and, of course, next month is asian historic sued fly but. let's not -- though he is not the important topic today, we should get to it. job holly, the insurrectionist, curious republican senator from missouri, he of the raised 6 and why did he vote against us. >> i neech had some sort of a reason. i think josh hawley and. >> i though that there will be some repugss. we move along, you know, the rest of us. >>> she has han p shon american constituents back home in plochlt that he himself will have to deal with. let's talkmemoir, the emotions domging out the she

announce a series of executive actions on gun control following two recent deadly mass shootings in atlanta and boulder, colorado. rules to stop the proliferation of homemade ghost guns, weapons largely made at home without traceable serial numbers and expected to nominate the head of alcohol, tobacco and explosives. the white house says biden intends to still work with congress on the issue. >> he is going to continue to work with leaders in congress on moving forward the two background check bills that are moving their way through the house. to push forward an assault weapons ban. today the president fired back at republicans who are saying that the bill is too big and are objecting to the size of it. >> my republican friends, many say it is too big. fix what we have already got. we are america. we don't just fix for today. we build for tomorrow. billionaires made billions more during this period. where is the outrage there? not trying to punish anybody. dammit, i am sick and tired of ordinary people being fleeced. biden insisted republican opposition will not stop him. we will be open to

first pitch at the rangers' home opener, protesting the mlb decision to move the all-star game out of atlanta after the signed into law some of the strictest rules in the country. kimberly, this got serious fast. i kind of want to remind people that most of corporate america did not move on this until they were threatened by organizers of voting rights efforts in georgia to get on the right side of it. a number of corporations came out with the wrong statements initially and then they all piled on. i want to show you this nbc headline. culture war, once unshakable bond between republicans and corporate america. >> they have been very protective of ceos until corporate ceos are acting out of the interest of the bottom lines and out of the interest of the values that it goes against republicans. an exercise in the free market. the free marketplace of ideas and the free market of companies acting in a way they think is responsible. but republicans love that idea until it is against them. i was really struck by mitch mcconnell calling the outcry over the very restrictive voting laws. these are re

under stress acted, and we welcome back veteran attorney ck hoffler, she ceo of the ck hoffler firm in atlanta dealing with wrongful death cases, civil rights, litigation, also happens to be president of the national bar association, the nation's oldest network of predominantly black judges and attorneys, and for that reason, counselor, i would like to begin with you. given your line of work, your scope of the history here, does the floyd verdict, did to floyd for ticked seem like a turning point at all to you? >> first of all, good evening, brian. yes, absolutely. the floyd verdict was a turning point, is a turning point in the history of this country because it really is a small victory as it relates to a door opening for police reform. this verdict that the jury spoke loud and clearly in rendering the t-shirt the verdict on all three counts, that was justice for the floyd family in this country because, after all, what we saw was nine minutes and 29 seconds of a police of this are, derek chauvin, killing, murdering, brutally, george floyd, and that just has to stop. that was a tipping point

major league baseball pulling its all-star game out of atlanta. put in to context if you can, how the issue of voting rights has moved in to the center, not just of the political, but the cultural conversation and you have to wonder if other states are going to take note? >> you know, i think we have seen, related to this is the trial going on in minneapolis, with the death of george floyd, we have seen a kind of racial reckoning in this country that is still going on. that involves not only law enforcement and police procedure. it involves thing-s like efforts to restrict access to the ballot box. so you had georgia pass that law. they are baying a price now. you have got the all-star game moving. you have threatened boycotts against big companies. and you see action in texas, which is the next big battleground for state laws to restrict voting with a lot of companies, i think about 200 companies today issuing statements, expressing concern about that. that means it's not just a fight that involves politicians, this is now become a fight in which

i had to stay up with the shooting and atlanta, there have been so many since, one day, six asian women gunned down for going to work. we all know the rhetoric surrounding covid-19 that we have lived through, what is your degree of certainty that joe biden will put pen to paper and signed the legislation as you intended it? >> i have a high degree of certainty because speaker pelosi put out a statement today, when they return in may that they intend to vote on the senate bill. so it is going to move pretty quickly, and of course, next month is asian pacific history month, so it is very appropriate. >>, let's talk about the one no photo he is not the important topic today, we should get to it, josh hawley, the insurrectionist, curious republican senator from missouri, why did he vote against this? >> i know he had some sort of reason, but i think josh hawley is not the one that i want to spend a lot of time on. he didn't want to stand with the api community incomplete -- in condemning these acts. that is his choice. i hope there will be some repercussions for him. but we move along, you

hoffler firm in atlanta. she has counseled jesse jackson, also happens to be president of the national bar association, the nation's oldest network of predominantly black judges and attorneys, and counselor, indeed, i'd like to begin with you tonight. let's talk about this charge against the now former police officer who we saw on video firing the shot that killed daunte wright. second-degree manslaughter in the parlance of the law, man 2. is the right charge in your view? >> first of all, great to be here tonight, brian. is it the right charge? i would have to say that given what we saw -- and we have to trust our eyes -- i think there should have been a greater charge, but because of how the events unfolded, i believe that the district attorney felt that man 2 was probably the best that they could do given the circumstances. i would have hoped for a stronger charge, a higher charge because i thought that her behavior was, quite frankly, unacceptable and reckless. it was just completely reckless. you know th

chief shields, who you just heard there a moment ago, actually served atlanta pd, during the time we -- even though we didn't know each other personally. she is the boldest, outstanding, she is great with policing across this country. that is the type of straightforward kind of answer in while competing to be better than all of us must open up ourselves to in the coming months and days and years. that is the right approach, the right attitude, that's the right opportunity to go for. well, thank you for saying that chief and it would be hard to script a better response to us consumers than the one she gave today. joyce vance, what a sea change for your beloved department of justice. especially during the reign of bill barr. do you think four years from now, we will look back at this type of thing and make no mistake, it's activist of the doj to do this, to send a plane load of people to arrive in a municipality and look at the police department from top to bottom. do you think will look back at this as one of the hallmarks of the biden doj? >> it's increasingly looking like what you'r

but chief shields, whom you just heard in that moment, actually served at atlanta pd during the time i was at dekalb even though we did not know each other personally. but she is one of the boldest, she is upstanding, she believes in 21st century policing like many of us do across this country. and that's the type of straightforward answer and welcoming to be better that all of us must open ourselves up to in the coming months and days and years ahead. that is the right approach, that's the right attitude, and that's the right direction we have to go in. >> well, thank you for saying that, chief. it would be hard to script a better response to us consumers than the one she gave today. joyce vance, what a sea change for your beloved department of justice, especially during the reign of bill barr. do you think four years from now, we will look back at this type of thing and, make no mistake, it's activist of the doj to do this, to send a planeload of people to arrive in a municipality and look at your police department top to bottom. do you think we'll look back at this as one of the h