everybody does business in atlanta. the mlb is doing a major piece of business in atlanta for july. they were going to have the all-star game. it was a celebration with fans returning to the stadium but the passing of the great african american ball player, probably the greatest, hank aaron that died this year. amid that, the controversy over the georgia voting law. you have people like president biden calling it a new jim crow. stacey abrams also a voting rights activist credited with turning the peach state blue the last election, coming out against this law. lebron james, the basketball star, also a voting rights activist against the law. put that together, the mlb commissioner manfred said that these activists would turn it into a circuit and political debate over this law, take away from what major league baseball is, a game of relief from all the pressures of day-to-day life. here's what we know. stacey abrams and lebron james. stacey abrams herself and lebron james did meet with senior mlb officials to advocate that the league denounced new voting laws and the commissioner be

the metro atlanta area is home to nearly 30 fortune 500 companies. we have a very large tourism industry in our state. and just as the legislatures and the governor made the decision to go forward with this bill, people are making decisions not to come to our state. and it is going to impact millions of georgians, employment, small businesses, corporations, and it's very unfortunate. >> so governor kemp and georgia republicans show no signs that they will be changing this law and at this point it looks like the law stands. does this mean outcry from citizens to sports leagues won't help repeal this law? >> they absolutely have an opportunity to change this law. so they have just ended the normal legislative session. they can go back into special session and make tweaks. they also have an opportunity to revisit this in january. and it's unfortunate, because there have been so many issues with our elections across the state. this was an opportunity to fix those things that have gone wrong. this was an opportunity to be a model for the rest of the count

you can understand how the atlanta braves feel about it. and some of those people are relative liloer on the economic ladder. the larger point that's being made here as daniel dale pointed out about an hour ago with you, yeah, you can claim as governor kemp did but there are certain provisions within this bill that'll enhance access to voting. in the overall on balance it restricts voting and it is clear that it will most negatively impact people of color and people a t the lower end of the economic scale. this is also different when you talk about tb pga tour and the masters next week. the masters is only at one place at one time. baseball can move to some where else. so these players are going to play in the all-star game. >> it is interesting you brought up what daniel dale said. i have been reading a lot of what's happening with the voter law in georgia. the main thing people have to remember. there is a lot of misinformation going around and half truth and we know it happens. the emphasis was a lie of the election that it standrted. it

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

watch this. >> major league baseball has now moved the all-star game from atlanta to denver. estimated loss of tourism about $100 million. what are your thoughts on the whole$1 thing? >> i guess the government ander them, they shot themselves in theoo foot. for now this is going to be, all the events, super bowl, other nba all-star games, et cetera, they aren't going to want to come here. >> i think it's really unfortunate. >> it's not the city of atlanta, it's not the state -- well, somewhat the state of georgia's fault. you shouldn't blame the braves, shouldn't blame the atlanta fans. it's what the governor did. in colorado, the voting rights, it's different than here. it's stricter there. >> allegations that showing i.d. is racist. what do you think about that? >> i mean, that's appropriate. showing i.d. let you know that, you know, that you are really you, if your true identity. i don't have an issue with that. >> i think it's awful and sit here to say the people of color and minorities can't get an idea or don't havee an i.d. why do they think black people, people of col

what the atlanta terrorist attacks point to, it's also about gender identity which is a component of misogyny but also anti- semitism. so it's not just along the lines of gender i'd kennedy and age. so one of those different components to beio factored in to understand to counter white nationalism within that security paradigm will be necessary from skin color to an issue have many different types of oppression so to help us understand and help us create policies with holistic justice with a comprehensive form of justice. >> please put your questions in the chat. . . . . what kind of meat are they consuming? are there seeing themselves as well as people who do not necessarily look like them in the media the books they are reading in that video games that they are playing. and also, getting to know people who do not necessarily again look like them. what are their friends like? what are their peers like? i think it's really important because these barriers to the white supremacy will be dismantled when we also dismantled the barriers to seek evil that's another person. thatat is the q

it was a huge event for the city of atlanta. it was a big indication that things are getting back to normal. so to have it go away is just, it is very painful. it just reminds us all we're still in this pandemic. we're still in this weird state of business. what it does to me, it is a significant loss of sales and revenue, something that we've been missing for a year. it hurts my employees. it hurts my vendors. there is a lot of pain that will be spread because of this event. it is not just a one day event. it is, for us it is a week of prep and a tremendous loss. a tremendous loss to the city. will: i can't imagine what is has been like to be a small business owner over the past year, to have your business shut down in certain cities to survive riots and now once again on the backs of a political message have your business yanked out from underneath you. brian, we wish you best of luck and we hope you find some prosperous times ahead. >> thank you very much. have a very happy easter. thank you for inviting me. will: you as well

president barack obama and biden support the boycott of atlanta. senator marco rubio blasting the mlb commissioner. he wants to know if the baseball commissioner will drop his own membership in the exclusive augusta national club and stop the mlb trying to make money in communist china and cuba? they are major human rights violators. on the show tonight, top georgia official bob barr, butch miller. ford o'connell with us too. along with douglas holtz-eakin, fred fleitz, chris bedford and congressman bride an babin from texas. we have more on the fight over baseball's boycott and dozens of companies who opposed georgia's voting law when they require i.d. from workers and customers. more from the white house and media, including cnn's don lemon, they are misleading, quote, gaslighting the public over georgia's new voting law. "60 minutes" now trying to claim a cut for quote clarity. governor ron desantis florida explanation, critics say "60 minutes" deceptively he had at this timed their report that governor desantis favored publix supermarkets, when

it turns out the big paper in atlanta "the atlanta journal constitution" reported that the law would ban voting after 5:00. the paper's reporters apparently hadn't read the law. they had to append this correction to their piece which effectively was the same as admitting they were repeating talking point without doing any research which is what they were doing. here it is, quote: a previous version of this story said the new law would limit voting hours on election day in georgia polling places are open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and if you are in line by 7:00 p.m. you are allowed to cast your ballot. nothing in the new law changes those rules, end quote. that's the truth. finally appended to a lie. now, joe biden got his research on that bill from reporters who did no research. see how that works? today at the white house press briefing one reporter did ask an interesting question why is joe biden on television demands a boycott of an american state while not demandings a boycott of china? after all, the biden administration just declared that china was committing genocide against

so we have been talking about atlanta a lot but -- what the atlanta terrorist attack its point is to it's not just but color identity which is what races and also gender identity but there was definitely a come opinion informant misogyny and very often in white nationalism there's antisemitism and along the lines genderrity, sexual orientation, nationality, age, it's. a lot of different components that need to be factored in when we're seeking to understand white nationalism and understanding it as anti -- in order to counter white nationalism as well as addressing inequities within the current security paradigm is going to be necessary as well as helpful to move from just looking at this a problem of skin color to looking at this as an issue of many different types of oppression. so. he if the will help us -- empathy will help us understand and antioppression will help us create policies and together it's hoe hill city is justice so a -- holistic justice, a comprehend hesive form of justice. >> if you have enough questions for star remarks type them in the chat. we have a few really

you can understand how the atlanta braves feel about it. there are people who feel this is taking some economic opportunity away from those who would benefit from having a big event like an all-star game and some of those people are relatively lower on the economic ladder, so i understand those objections, but the larger point that is being made here, yeah, you can claim, as governor kemp did, that there are certain provisions within this bill that will enhance access to voting. but in the overall on balance, it actually restricts voting and it's clear it will most negative impact people of color and at the lower income scale. this is what baseball decided to do. ps this is also different when you talk about the pga tour. the masters is only in one place at one time. baseball can move its all-star game and it will somewhere else. the players will still play in the all-star game. >>> update on the investigation of republican congressman matt gaetz. federal investigators are looking into his relationships with young women. the threads they ar

esos porque el verde grandes ligascancelÓ el juego en atlanta. el bÉisbol de las grandes ligas se ha rendido al miedo y a las mentiras de los activistas de izquierda, afirmÓ el gobernador republicano de georgia. pero los demÓcratas no dudan en calificar esa ley. >> esto viene de larga tradiciÓn en la que los estados del sur despuÉs de la guerra civil, intentaron exigir el derecho al voto a afroamericanos. mucha de estas medidas afectan distritos y precintos con altas concentraciones de minorÍa. >> atlanta perderÁ $60,000,000 a no celebrarse allÍ este importante partido de exhibiciÓn. ustÉ nos pone en riesgo abriendo el estado en plena pandemia para la recuperaciÓn econÓmica. y ahora con esta ley loca borra de un plumazo todo lo ganado, criticÓ el gobernador al gobernador—— crÍtico al gobernador de alcaldesa de atlanta. el gobernador insiste en que la ley facilita el acceso al votoy hace el preciso mÁs seguro y viable. de moqueta responde que a pesar de que los republicanos quierenfacilitar el voto de las minorÍas en georgia, e

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you need to decide whether atlanta needs the coca-cola company. there were no cries of cancel culture or left wing ideology. they saw the city on the wrong side of history and acted. two hours after that meeting, every ticket to the dinner was told and nearly 1600 people attended. today the corporate world is taking action. they are condemning restriction voter laws. on friday maine baseball announced they will move the game out of atlanta because of the new voter restrictions. the republican governor was outraged by this the decision blaming liberal cancel culture. but it is not cancel culture to respond to democracy weakening legislation. stopping people from voting, well, that is actually cancel culture. and once again, coca-cola along with other major corporations based in georgia have been called on to do the right thing. and in a historic open letter, 72 black executives called on all corporations, no matter their locations to oppose the voting restrictions. let's make clear why all of this is happening. this is happening because of activist

steve harrigan is live from atlanta. hi, steve. >> the pushback against major league baseball's decision to move the all-star game set for july out of the state of georgia is really spiraling. more and more senators jumping on board. as hunter marco rubio from florida an open letter asking how can major league baseball sign a streaming deal with communist china which persecutes the uighur minority in china and yet they can't do business here in the state of georgia. rubio got personal with the mlb commissioner, rob manfred, in his open letter writing "i am under no illusion you intend to resign as a member from augusta national golf club. to do so would require a personal sacrifice as opposed to woke corporate virtue signaling of moving the all-star game from atlanta." agusta here in georgia. not just the mlb coming under fire, its major corporations whose ceos have spoken out against the law, like delta and coke. here's senator mitch mcconnell. >> with regard to what's been done in georgia, there's a big lie underway th

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just imagine taking a high-speed train chicago to atlanta. most americans wouldn't imagine doing that trip by rail and that's less than beijing and shanghai and they built the most popular high-speed rail line in the world. but just not chicago and atlanta but nashville, indianapolis, all these cities in between that have been left out of this next generation economy. that's why high-speed rail is so significant. yes, i'll be fighting for more but we'll take what we can get and be a start. >> i got to say having traveled orr in europe that's a wonderful high-speed rail from city to city and see the country that way so i applaud those efforts. let's talk about what senator mcconnell is saying about the plan generally. >> as much as we would like to address infrastructure, it is not going to get sun port from our side because i think what the economy -- the last thing the economy needs right now is a big whopping tax increase on all the productive sections of our economy. >> with that no support approach from republicans is this plan going to h

major league baseball moving the all-star game out of atlanta in protest. the republican governor calling it a cancel culture move. and there are some surprising reactions to boycotts from leading georgia democrats. abc's steve osunsami is in atlanta. >> reporter: it's a strong message tonight from major league baseball to republican lawmakers who just passed and signed new voting restrictions in georgia. baseball commissioner robert manfred jr. is siding with a good number of black americans and business leaders who believe that the new rules are voter suppression, saying, "i have decided that the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year's all-star game and mlb draft." >> major league baseball just caved to the pressure. >> reporter: this week the president came out encouraging this. >> i would strongly support them doing that. people look to them, they're leaders. >> reporter: but this is money and business we're talking about, and even many georgia democrats who fought the new rules are not happy with baseball's decisions.

the asian-american community in georgia, following the mass shooting here in atlanta. it was a raw and powerful meeting in a very emotional moment and some criticized me for speaking out nationally about that hate crime. some criticized me for saying how ugly and sinister it was. since then, because of the two senators you sent, among others, the united states senate passed the covid-19 hate crimes act to protect asian americans and pacific islanders from the vicious hate crimes we have seen too often and too long. it passed 94-to-1. don't tell me we can't make progress. it's the first step, and we have a lot more to do. that's right. if we are to truly heal the soul of america, we need to project that sacred right and protect it to vote. in this state of dr. king and john lewis, you know how precious and precarious the right to vote is. in november and again in january, your vote changed the world. instead of celebrating that, it is being attacked. more people voted for president in 2020 than any time in american history ever. and they did it in the middle of a pandem

and obviously the murders in atlanta. so what we are saying over the past year in terms of where we are is organizations that are wanting to stop the hate in america and investing justice who are about more than 4500 reports. voluntary reports of anti- asian attacks of this past year. since february of 2020. to be clear, of the 4500, about 90 percent about was not really filed as a hate crime, might involve bullying, involving spinning and source and things of that nature. so one thing that i would ask all of you to remember is that there's potentially a law enforcement element to it but a lot of winter communities looking at, is necessarily missouri law enforcement response but how do we protect her company make sure that our communities feel safer during this time. in terms of how we got here, i thought we started outlining how we got here. in a moment, it. covid-19. economic fears and people are more fearful, the will fought hard. when the fish respect with the prior president in certain policymakers people with media

charlotte, atlanta, raleigh, all of those cities having at some point pretty heavy rain today. we have tornado watches in effect across the southeast. some of the counties on the far west side will drop off after 3:00 p.m. eastern time. some of the eastern counties will not expire until 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight. there will be ongoing threats of hail especially in the origange areas here. you will notice what we call back building, storms piling up in some of the same places they already had them this morning. not only is that a concern for the strongest, severe thunderstorms but also potential for flooding. a lot of these areas, if you just keep getting rain over and over again, it's going to start to pond. the areas of biggest concerns are going to be southern alabama as well as southern georgia, where we could pick up widespread 2 to 4 inches, some spots 6 inches of rain. >> wow, that's a lot. allison chinchar, thank you very much. >>> a new report this week is raising serious concerns about the response to hurricane maria and how that impacted puerto rico. an investigation

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needless to say, the baseball commissioner to yank that from atlanta. we'll take you there when it starts. taking you to the great reopening across the country. a number of companies are already announcing plans to slowly bring their workers back for in-person office employment. martin gross is a partner and attorney at rothchild. mark, very good to have you, by the way. >> good morning. neil: and some are insisting their workers return. i'm wondering where you draw and how do you draw that line? >> so first, good morning, neil. thank you for having me, happy easter weekend to you and your viewers. it's an interesting line to draw. for large companies like google and facebook, they have the resources to make certain that they have a safe workplace, but most businesses are not google or facebook and have to be careful before they go about enacting or implementing requirements for their workers to return to work. neil: so what do you do? they take care of that, how do you make sure that you're balancing some workers who want a mix of, you know, a hybrid w

>> bret: steve harrigan in atlanta. steve, thanks. let's talk about the biden spending plans, his immigration policy, other issues. former senior adviser to president trump steven miller joins us. good evening. >> good evening to you. thank you. >> bret: i wanted to ask you, start with the infrastructure plan, which we're calling spending plan because there is a lot more in there as we know, these plans are being laid out. but either on the infrastructure, as you are looking at, if they get passed, billions and billions of dollars going to states and cities for projects. there is another element to this that you dealt with in the processing of getting projects through. >> i would like to demystify this issue for the american people tonight if i could. one debate that's raging in washington right now which is why only a quarter the bill on infrastructure as we would conventionally define it and only 10% on roads and bridges? that's an important debate and it should be had. but, let's talk about the money that actually goes to infrastru

was ibm, atlanta. and literally i got a response from them while i was a caisson and we found the letter. i don't know. 15 20 years ago and i kept it and i kept the letter it was folded up in my pocket got caisson spots of caisson mud on it, you know red mud, but i kept that letter. you know, i'm thinking this is my ticket. when i get back and sure enough this was would have been say octoberish. of 67 when i communicated with them september october they answered in october from not mistaken. actually the letter a dates like two days before this. c-130 crash that i talked about where the crew was killed. i have no memory. they see 130 crash i do have and i have the letter as evidence of the memory of the of of with ibm. so i'm trying to. i guess rationalize. what the heck is happening here because i've been essentially out of the primary society during a period of it. biggest change if you will and out of the country. a 1965 voting rights act all of this so i'm trying to fit all of this into my head mea

on friday the league announced it would move the all-star game out of atlanta. costing the state tens of millions of dollars in revenue including a lot of black business owners in the city of atlanta. which the media is, of course, ecstatic about. >> major league baseball took the necessary step and action. >> the right thing is for major league baseball to protect their brand. for them to back away. >> brian kemp said he'll not bow to pressure from major league baseball or anyone else. for georgians of good faith, of all races, try to purge trumpism from their midst. [laughter] >> nothing but good faith coming from the reverend. and as laura said last week it's time for republicans to draw a line in the sand. >> any business that bows down to boy cutters better be prepared to run into the buzz saw of tens of millions of patriotic americans who will vote as well with their wallets. i'm talking moms and dads who are sick of being lectured to by spoiled brat activists who produce zero that is useful to america. what we're seeing in georgia is just the latest of th

the mlb pulls the all-star game and the draft from atlanta, protesting georgia's new voting restrictions that president biden called jim crow on steroids >>> and did the cop use too much force with his knee on george floyd's neck >> it's just uncalled for. >> the longest-serving officer in the department minces no words. >> totally unnecessary. >> day five in the trial of derek chauvin. >>> live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, "the news with shepard smith." >> good evening. keep capitol police and their families in your prayers, that's the message on this good friday evening from the acting chief after yet another one of her officers was killed outside of the capitol and another officer seriously hurt nothing official on injuries but we're told that officer is in the hospital listed in stable condition. here's what police say happened, around 1:00 this afternoon, a man hit two officers with a car before crashing it into a security barricade police say the man then hopped out of the vehicle, wielding a knife. officers gave orders to stop but they say he didn't respond instead police say

today, praise over the move -- >> the mlb is right in pulling the all-star game from atlanta. >> reporter: former president barack obama tweeting today, congratulations to the mlb for taking a stand on behalf of voting rights while former president trump fired, boycott baseball and all the woke companies that are interfering with free and fair elections. that stance is decidedly social assistance is risky for the league and a major blow to the economy already upended by the pandemic >> we were expecting a high rise in people here now we're not expecting that anymore. >> reporter: voting rights activist stacey abrams commended the league i respect boycotts although i don't want to see families hurt by lost events and jobs georgia isn't alone. legislators in 47 states have introduced more than 360 bills with restrictive provisions tonight, major american companies decrying voting restrictions as a move by america's past time sends shock waves across the cultural spectrum. steve patterson, nbc news >>> still ahead, remote learning has had its challenges, but tonight we learn about some of th

moving the all-star game out of atlanta. a move supported by president biden. joining me now for reaction along with fox news legal analyst jarrett is outnumber co-host and attorney emily -- thank you for joining us. emily, i'll start with you. you're a sports fan, and i see these companies succumbing to this rhetoric that's false information and then making corporate decisions that are, in the case of atlanta, going to harm the people of georgia by pulling out major league baseball and the all-star game out of atlanta. >> that's exactly right, jason. the people who end up paying for this are those that were employed by the event that they are pulling out. it's those communities that depended on the retail, on the support by crowds, et cetera. it's exactly what we saw when hollywood decided to boycott georgia and the irony is that there are states with far more drag -- drag conous election laws. they are laying out their social justice line. what about the 1.5 million corporations and entities that are headquartered in delaware that enjoy the law that is protec

over half of the population in atlanta is black. the revenue loss from the all-star game going away could total more than $100 million in lost tourism revenue to the area according to one official. but when you're looking at the voting laws, the reason why mlb moved the game out of georgia to colorado, when you compare the two states, colorado has fewer days of early voting than georgia. 15 days to georgia's 17. both states require a valid i.d. to vote by mail and in person. they also both allow no excuse vote by mail. but politicians on the local level in georgia could be having the biggest impact on businesses that are choosing to take a political position on this. georgia house voted to strip delta, one of the outspoken corporations of millions of dollars in tax breaks. the georgia senate still has to weigh in on this before the bill potentially could land on the governor's desk for him to sign offer on. but the bottom line is, there can be consequences on the local level for these corporations. we also, david, did reach out to m

the city with only 9% black population compared to 51% in atlanta. georgia governor brian kemp joins us now. great to have you here today. seem to be the man of the hour, a busy one. do you believe major league baseball will live to regret that decision? >> i think they will. it's almost comical, all of these that keep falling and moving the all-star game from the cities and at 60% african-american to an metro area that is less than 10%, they have less of early voting days. they have a photo i.d. requirement, for in person voting. it's insane. we compared to where major league baseball is headquartered in new york, and i've talked to that issue at nausea them really about the discrepancies and how they are boycotting and pulling games out of the state like ours. yet they are headquartered in the state that's more restrictive than they are. it doesn't add up. and, there's a couple of provisions in this bill that are, with this i.d. if we can't hand out food or water and if you do it then you can't announce who you are and can't have any labeling. then

they announced they would move the all-star game out of atlanta costing the state tens of millions of dollars including a lot of business owners in atlanta which the media is ecstatic about. >> major league baseball took a step. >> the right thing is major league baseball to protect their grant, to back away. >> will not bow to pressure from major league baseball or anyone else. of georgians are good faith of all races tried to purge trumpism from their midst. >> nothing but good faith coming from the reverend and as laura said last week it is time for republicans to draw a line in the sand. >> any business that bows down to boycotters better be prepared to run into the buzz saw a tens of millions of patriotic americans who will vote as well with their wallets. i'm talking moms and dads were sick of being lectured to by spoiled brat activists who produce 0 that is useful to america. what we are seeing in georgia is just the latest of the left's broader campaign of intimidation and distortion. pete: joining me is the man in the middle of all of this, georgia governor brian kemp. just m

let's get the news from steve harrigan live for us in atlanta this morning. steve. >> harris, more and even sharper criticism from president joe biden about georgia's new election law referring to it once again as a jim crow law. biden saying he would support any corporation's moves to protest that law and however form they deem fit. biden also telling georgia that georgia needs to smarten up. here is the president. >> president biden: they need to deal with this. georgia and other states to smarten up, stop it, stop it. it is not -- >> republican governor brian kemp continues to bristle at charges this is a new jim crow law. he said the state had to do something after the number of absentee voters tripled in the last election. here is governor kemp. >> doing the voter i.d. on absent east will make it more efficient for them. speed up the process and also brings another level of security. so who would be against that? how is that jim crow 2.0? >> former major league baseball commissioner saying baseball's decision to move the all-star game out of georgia was

major league baseball has moved its all-star game from atlanta to colorado. to the critics point to hypocrisy saying colorado has an even more restrictive voting law

the agency remained at its atlanta base, and was renamed the communicable disease center. and later, as we know today, the centers for disease control and prevention.

it turns out it was ibm atlanta. literally i got a response from them while i was in khe sanh, and we found the letter, i don't know, 15, 20 years ago and i kept it. i kept the letter. it was folded up in my pocket. got spots of khe sanh mud on it, red mud. i kept the letter. i'm thinking this is my ticket when i get back. sure enough, this would have been say october of '67 when i communicated with them, september or october, they answered in october if i'm not mistaken. actually, the letter dates two, three days before this c-130 crash that i talked about where the crew was killed. i have no memory of the c-130 crash. i do have -- and i have the letter as evidence of the memory of the communicating with ibm. so i'm trying to i guess rationalize what the heck is happening here, because i had been essentially out of the primary society during a period of its biggest change, if you will, and out of the country 1965, voting rights act, all of this, so i'm trying to fit all of this into my head. meantime, here's this ne

jon ossoff saying, please don't take this game out of atlanta. we can do better keeping it here, drawing attention to it here. you had ralph warnock saying the same thing. does it seem inconsistent to you who this guy -- as marco rubio also said, he does business with communist china, he does business with cuba, he's -- he apparently didn't even read this bill before making this decision. doesn't it seem hypocritical of him to keep that membership at augusta but yank the all-star game out of atlanta when it's going to hurt middle class and working class georgians? >> joe, i think the key here is the separation between the financial interests and the culture war. so i think that when we're talking about the big corporations that have come into the spotlight because of the georgia voting bill, it's very easy to zero in on the mlb, the big corporations, the delta, the coca-cola. in terms of augusta, i'm going to agree with michael steele here. i do think that marco rubio can better frame it as a personal decision. this is not a corporation, this is

the atlanta mayor is also speaking out against the law today. we've got both aspects covered by nbc's deepa who's covering from atlanta. let's talk about what we heard from mayor keisha lance bottoms who also spoke about this earlier today. >> reporter: you're hearing from democratic and republican leaders about this very kofrl voting bill that was passed by the governor just a little over a week ago, one that really does restrict voting measures in this state, making it really difficult, particularly in the suburbs of this atlanta region, right, communities of color, largely black voters, asian voters, folks who are, you know, turning out in record numbers in this last election like we saw, especially in that special election earlier this year. now harder, essentially, to cast a ballot going forward, and what you're seeing is democratic lawmakers speaking out and kind of saying, you know, this is going to have financial impacts for the state as well and that's something we're already seeing with major league baseball pulling its all-star game o

atlanta is 51% african-american. they moved it to denver, a city that is 9% african-american because they are such woke social justice warriors that they are going to take $100 million out of the pockets of the african-american small businesses and workers in atlanta. it makes no sense. it's dangerous and i do think there is a strong backlash that is building because the american people, when you go to a baseball game, you are not interested in their lecturing you on left wing politics. you would like to see people play a game of baseball. >> ben: the thing that i'm concerned about, senator, we have these handful of institutions that still unite us in american life. and we see them being torn apart by this woke leftism which is taking over all of these different entities that had been unifying elements of american life that we could all go to a baseball game together and cheer alongside each other regardless of race of religion, et cetera. to me, this is something that has to be solved from the bottom up, from the co

of epidemiology and environmental health of the ronan school of public health at more university in atlanta good to have you with us. please tell us 1st of all how much do we actually know about kopek 19 in patients with d.s. and because thanks a lot for having me and yes actually you know we. mentioned she was a society conducted last year study on and he just was done some tom and colby 19 and what we found when investigating more than $1000.00 if you don't have doesn't and probably 90 is that just a 1000. much more likely to die after having killed 19 than the general population so for example individuals with down syndrome and. and so their mortality rates when they are 40 are comparable to those from the general population who are 70 so and their mentality we're just as much higher than the general population why why is that what puts them at such high risk. so there's still different reasons one thing is that he does with down syndrome in general often south of harm pretty much like aging so for example many of us with down syndrome are ours or very likely to develop dementia at a ver

the pga tour is keeping this fall's tour championship in atlanta as planned lester >> all right, blayne, thank you. >>> let's turn now to our series "the american worker. it's a week of special coverage across our nbc platforms examining how the pandemic has changed our workplaces tonight stephanie ruhle on the crisis within the crisis. the disproportionate job losses for women >> reporter: eleanor fernandez was laid off when the pandemic began. >> i've been working since i was 16 years old. >> reporter: she says the jobs she's found don't pay enough to support her family so the risk isn't worth it >> my health and safety is more important than just making money i want to work i do but i want to be safe at the same time for my family as well. >> reporter: more than 12 million women lost their jobs during the pandemic and over 4 1/2 million have not returned to the workforce. kathy deutsch spent 17 years building her women's clothing store in new york, but covid changed everything >> people just stopped shopping it was just a complete like bottom falling out. >> reporter: she tried every

isn't their head office in atlanta? >> i'm fairly certain that anyone is now allowed to walk into cnn offices in atlanta. you're allowed to go right to the elevator, press the button right to the penthouse. jeff zuckerburg is up there, the president of cnn and you're allowed to take a meeting. sure, you have to show an i.d. to literally rent a bike, to get on a plane, to buy a beer but somehow it's racist to vote. your segment on cnn and the racist stuff. that's what they have tricked us all into anything, that we all hate each other and we don't. >> greg: yes. >> i hate everybody. you hate everybody. >> none of the people who are upset about this bill actually read it. that would disgust me except i didn't read it either. i don't pretend. >> it will be great for atlanta's economy. to show how much you care about the people of atlanta by running business out of town. they -- people who try to cancel, what do they add except ruining things? not just for the people they cancel, that's why they call it cancel culture, the

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