jillian: new york city and atlanta where it is a beautiful day. todd, i don't know if that would have been the best shade of dress color for you, but maybe the style. todd: you don't think that green would have accentuated whatever color my eyes are. jillian: good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm jillian mele. todd: i'm todd piro. kamala harris speaking out on the border crisis blaming the trump administration once again. jillian: doug luzader joins us live from washington. doug, good morning. >> reporter: jillian and todd, good morning. when you dive into the polling numb burkes it's clear that border security and immigration are real weak points right now for the biden administration. vice president kamala harris plans to meet virtually with the president of mexico next month. she's been tasked with trying to solve the problem. over the weekend, she said she is trying to figure out how to go down to the border but she's blaming covid and other of issues for the delay. she is also blaming the trump admini

lawrence: the sad thing happening in atlanta. >> appreciate what you are doing. jillian: the murder trial of derek chauvin, the los angeles police department, the ex-cop's actions against george floyd were called exclusive. taking the stand for the prosecution. >> a normal situation where someone using a counterfeit bill, not expecting any type of force. >> to prepare questions, video shows call with floyd before his encounter with police. he allegedly saw floyd use drugs the same day, hall invoked his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid testifying. spirit airlines tweets and delete supposed after a video shows on onboard confrontation over masks. watch this. >> more than welcome to. jillian: the family find from orlando to new jersey, their 2-year-old to daughter with my wear a mask. the original post referring to adults not wearing masks. they keep the language a bit more generic. take a look at this massive explosion, surveillance video showing the moment the building partially collapsed. is 61-year-old man was rescued from the second flo

lawrence: president biden going to bat for major league baseball after it pulled the all-star game from atlanta in the new election law. jillian: jackie ibanez here with the president's message as small business owners break for impact following the decision. >> reporter: a lot of people talking about this, the president admitted the removal her georgia workers but said he respects their decision. >> it is reassuring to see that for-profit operations and businesses are speaking up about how these new jim crow laws are just antithetical to who we are. the best way to deal with it is for georgia and other states to smarten up. jillian: when the president was asked about the golf tournament he said it was up to them. the game will be held at coors field in denver. critics know that colorado has similar election loss to georgia with id requirements and fewer days of early voting. the white house says the two are not the same. >> colorado allows you to register on election day. colorado has vote by mail, 200 people in the state who are eligible, they also allow a range of materials to provide even i

if you look at the decision to move to denver to reverse course and bring it back, atlanta is ready to host and a lot of hopes and dreams were counting on this happening here and we want to make sure minority owned businesses have that opportunity they originally anticipated and counting on. jillian: pulling up demographics when you look at the difference between atlanta and denver you can see on your screen it is different. we will continue to cover this and see if mlb does anything else. keep us updated if you get a response back we would love to hear about it, have a good day. lawrence: many worry president biden will overstep the right to bear arms. the second amendment sanctuary, the sheriff joins us next. plus, one senator urges americans to get vaccinated. ♪♪ free and beauty surrounds you ♪♪ the world still astounds you ♪♪ each time you look at a star ♪♪ i am senator john kennedy - in business, customer support is mission critical. with grammarly business, you can turn your frontline reps into bottom line superheros. take carl, for example. carl's got a superpowe

on thursday the president was down south in georgia holding a drive in rally near atlanta urging the public to back his plan, trillions of dollars on everything from education to childcare. >> that is why i proposed the american jobs plan, a once in a generation investment in america, the biggest jobs plan in this country since world war ii. >> reporter: the spending we are talking about getting costly was trillions of dollars being proposed, the price tag adding up and republican speaking out against accusing the white house of trying to enact a left agenda with taxpayer money. >> trying to do anything remotely close to moderate. the biden bait and switch, everything he recommended has been hard left. >> reporter: we are hearing from mike pence for the first time since he left office, he spoke to group of conservatives in south carolina and came out swinging against the biden administration. >> in just 100 days the biden harris administration has launched an avalanche of liberal policies that threatened to derail the progress that we made for a safer, more prosperous, more secure am

the hold out of atlanta last week in protest of the new election laws due to restrictions on voting by mail and id requirements. >> it is unfair to hard-working georgians, small business owners not only here but across the country this great sport, america's pastime is politicized. we have spineless corporations that won't say we are not engaging in that. >> reporter: critics include delta airlines, coca-cola headquartered in atlanta, the new laws are new restrictive, republicans say will backfire. >> we will see how they do when half the country puts coca-cola come equipped using delta. they are all woke but they are doing something that is against the financial interests of every business. they make billions of dollars, hundreds of millions doing business with the communist regime of china guilty of atrocities, genocide. they don't say a word. jillian: the controversy made its way to texas where 40,000 fans packed the stance for the rangers opening game. governor greg abbott refused to throw out the first pitch, it is shameful america's pastime is being influenced by party politics.

the fact of the matter is it's a red herring. >> the pull all star game out of atlanta. >> it happening to our game of baseball.

atlanta is known as the modern day black wall street. i don't understand how you're going to help black folks when you bankrupt their companies by not giving them more business while they're already struggling during the middle of a pandemic and now you're saying leave, mlb. >> and you're talking about millions upon millions of dollars that the major league baseball all-star game brings into any city that hosts it, lawrence. have you the media that is echoing this lie and chris christie is exactly right. it is a lie what's being said about this georgia voting law. the washington post actually did a fact check of joe biden on this. he got four pinocchios for it. it's the worst possible rating you can get in terms of a claim and the president is lying about this. you have a media that's echoing it. cbs news over the weekend, here's the headline. three ways companies with help fight georgia's restrictive new voting law. so it's activeism, here's how you fight back and it says it's restrictive when it actually expands the law. major league b

. $1.8 trillion to the american families plan, the pitch to the public on thursday and atlanta. >> that is why i proposed the american jobs plan. a once in a generation investment in america, the biggest jobs plan since world war ii. >> winning congress over, probably spending money but raising taxes, republicans pushing right back. >> in 100 days the biden/harris administration launched an avalanche of liberal policies that threaten to derail the progress that we make for safer, more prosperous, more secure. >> reporter: they are eager to work with the white house. this photo of her speaking with the president by phone. those negotiations on infrastructure continue. south carolina republican senator tim scott is still in the spotlight, he is defending his remarks after critics online accused him of ignoring his heritage. >> there is a coming backlash, and oppression that is becoming front and center and they are not hiding their hands anymore. >> reporter: the ratings are in, 27 million people tuned in to hear from president biden but those numbers are down significantly from donald tr

of the critics include the ceo of delta air lines and coca-cola both headquartered in atlanta. they say the laws are too restrictive. republicans say it will backfire. >> we will see how they do when half the country puts drinking coca-cola, or quit using delta. they are welcome but they really doing something against the financial interest of every business. >> they make billions of dollars, hundreds of millions business with the communist regime in china that is guilty of atrocities and genocide. they don't say a word. >> reporter: the controversy made its way to texas where 40,000 fans packed the stands for the rangers opening game. governor greg abbott refused to throw out the first pitch saying it is shameful america's pastime is being influenced by party politics, georgia's new lost part several airlines to speak out on what they call voter suppression. if you want to board a plane this morning you are going to need a valid id. yes you are. lawrence: you know how we do it. march madness in a major upset. >> complete college basketball's greatest rebound and rebuild with a

georgia businesses under pressure after major league baseball pulls the all-star game from atlanta in protest of the state's new t voting laws, activists calling on other companies to follow their lead. jillian: ashley strohmier is here with the latest. >> good morning. president biden's economic advisor admitted georgia workers will feel the pain from the mlb's decision but said the league has the right to do it. >> there is undoubtedly going to be a cost. i think that was the point that the major league baseball was trying to make. these companies have the opportunity to vote with their feet and they're using their economic power to express their dissatisfaction. >> the mlb announced friday it would pull the game, blasting the state's restrictions on voting. govern for brian kemp refused to back down, accusing the league and other companies of saving. stacy abrams says she doesn't think it's necessary yet. ilhan omar disagrees. >> boycotts allowed for justice to be delivered in many spaces, the civil rights movement was rooted in boycotts. so our hope is that this boycott will resul

jillian: atlanta police officer rescues the driver from a burning vehicle. watch this. [shouting] >> oh my goodness. he was trapped and having a seizure, driver and officer had minor injuries. a stacked our ahead. beth van dyne, tomi lahren and doctor janette nesheiwat coming up. ♪♪ an unthinkable genocide took the lives of six million jews and thousands of jewish survivors are still suffering in poverty today. god calls on people who believe in him to act on his word. "comfort ye, comfort my people." when i come here and i sit with lilia i realize what she needs right now is food. these elderly jews are weak and they're sick. they're living on $2 a day which is impossible. this now, is how god's children are living. take this time to send a survival food box to these forgotten jews. the international fellowship of christians and jews urgently need your gift of $25 now to help provide one survival food box with all of the essentials they critically need for their diet for one month. when you call right now, your gift's impact will be doubled to help save lives. no v

cities in your opening shot on your monday morning, of course new york city and now a live look at atlanta. jillian: are you feeling glorious this morning? todd: no. i'm going to be honest. i'm feeling normal. jillian: you're just feeling normal. todd: i'm feeling -- as they say in spanish class. jillian: i'm feeling good. todd: i'm sorry, i broached the six feet. are you feeling glorious? jillian: sure. todd: one of us does. good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first." i'm todd piro. jillian: i'm jillian mele. thank you for starting your day with us. let's begin with this. vice president kamala harris speaking out on the border crisis, blaming the trump administration once again. todd: doug luzader, he's feeling glorious, joining us live from washington. as a new fox poll finds half of us in america finds border security worse under president biden. doug, good morning. >> reporter: the polling number on immigration not so glorious for the biden administration. the point person on immigration is of course vice president kamala harris. she is facing more and more pressure from repub

carley: president biden backing the idea of moving the mlb all-star game out of atlanta. >> today's professional athletes acting incredibly responsibly. i would strongly support them doing that. carley: the push to punish georgia over its new voter reform law and it may seem like an april fools joke but bud light says it's pizza angeles hard seltzer is the real deal, that is next. ♪♪ that's the way ♪♪ i like it ♪♪ that's the way ♪♪ i like it ♪♪ annuity can help cover essential expenses in retirement. have the right financial professional show you how... this is what an annuity can do. when it comes to autism, professional show you how... finding the right words can be tough. finding understanding doesn't have to be. together, we can create a kinder, more inclusive world for the millions of people on the autism spectrum. go to autismspeaks.org carley: president biden would support major league baseball's all-star game with the voting law. >> today's professional athletes acting responsibly. i would strongly support them doing it. carley: they call for relocating the game. the

legislation to strip the mlb of its anti-trump protection, citing the decision to pull its all-star game from atlanta in protest of the new georgia voting law. >> if they play partisan enforcer they shouldn't expect to see special goodies from washington. >> the antitrust exemption has been in place nearly a century and essentially allows police to operate as an anomaly. it is unclear how much transaction the proposal can gain in the democrat-controlled senate. i have a feeling not a lot. the hall of fame, brett favre says fans are tired of woke sports. take a listen. >> both sides for the most part want to see it remain about the sport, not politics. the general fan feels the same way. carley: it is a shame that sports are causing so much division. >> they are playing, brett favre has nothing to lose so is speaking out. >> president biden declares all-american troops will leave afghanistan by the twentieth anniversary of 9/11 but this is facing fierce backlash. live report from overseas next. >> police make arrests in a cold case of kristen smart. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer ne

todd: at least you still have a baseball team in atlanta. my yankees have decided to take the year off. >> that's right. todd: joey jones, have a good day. jillian: thanks for joining us. "fox & friends" starts right now. ♪ >> politicians and celebrities condemning the officer involved but now we're hearing from her neighbors. >> video doesn't lie. he reacted with what he thought was his best judgment. >> police have been demonizing this entire country. made criminals feel emboldened. >> during the virtual climate summit plans to cut carbon emission 50%. >> this will turn out to be expensive especially for the men and women across america. >> students are forced to wear masks. >> we have three vaccines, every adult in the state of georgia who wants it vaccine is eligible to get it. take these masks off of my child. >> border patrol arresting three gang members in

controversy, president biden says he would support major league baseball moving the all-star game out of atlanta in response to georgia's new voting law. >> i think today's professional athletes are acting responsibly. i would strongly support them. >> a number of people in the mlb called for relocating the games, the league commissioner says the idea has been discussed but there is no timeline on a decision. president biden has been outspoken against the new jordan joe voting law single be harder for people to vote, republicans disagree. >> antitrust laws should not be a cover for exploitation of the student athletes. that is what justice brett kavanaugh told the ncaa, the supreme court grilling the organization over student-athlete compensation during oral arguments wednesday. dave portnoise thinks the ncaa should share the wealth. >> the ncaa has this monopoly, interesting to see how it plays out but when you think chronologically people are making money off of you you should be allowed to make money no doubt about it. >> the first time the high court has weighed in on the college sports in a

jillian: the mlb commissioner decided to move the all-star game out of atlanta, sources telling fox news stacy abrams and river now sharpton were involved in those talks and players will boycott the game if it isn't moved. sources say mlb commissioner robert manfred decided the best way to deal with the matter was to leave georgia. the game will be held in denver. in just hours the masters will be teeing off, the first black man to compete at a gusto will start the ceremonial drive. the 86-year-old legend returning as an honorary star. lawrence: fred couples donates his driver used in the 1992 race, the tradition dates back to the tournament in 1934. jillian: i'm 10 years older than you. todd: of you don't look at, your fine. 8 minutes after the hour, first it was two terror suspects arrested, ms 13 gang member caught at the border. our next guest says gangs are quick to take advantage of the lax border policies. >> i'm here to ask the board of education to pull it together. this feels like a runaway train. jillian: i school student for throwing the school board under the bus. this is go

about windchill as we head towards the last few weeks of april, 27 in chicago, 32 in cincinnati, 33 in atlanta. it feels cold for two thirds of the country and we have freeze advisories, watches and warnings for some of these areas including the south, birmingham, alabama, nashville, that big front, the cold front that swept across the east coast including the hail we saw in new york, that has exited but behind it we have cold air and lake effect snow, that will go through the day today as temperatures, cold enough for those snowflakes through today and tomorrow, better forecasting will warm up. that is the good side. because we are in mid april towards the end of april temperatures will rebound quickly and what is on the ground in terms of snow will melt. the rest of the country is fairly quiet. we have more snow in the northern rockies and we will talk about severe weather friday into saturday. hopefully people are safe, are quieter forecast watching the severe threat into the weekend. todd: thank you very much, president biden kicking off his international climate summit to lay out goals fo

state of georgia has criticized major league baseball for moving its all star game out of atlanta but decision comes a week after the state pass new legislation tightening voting laws critics say the changes designed to suppress democratic votes especially among black versus well let's now speak to mike hanna he's following this for us from washington d.c. mike it really does seem that this is turning into a bit of a showdown very much so and now the corporations are joining in as well they were quiet while this was law was being discussed they didn't come out with any major objection but since that law was passed major corporations such as coca-cola and delta who have their homes in atlanta georgia have issued statements condemning this move now this has a ripple effect in terms of corporations in particular and this is something that could have an impact not only in georgia but further afield and that is what the governor of georgia brian kemp had to say the news conference on the state we can let the earliest. you know out flankers out political. you know. or we can get in the 5 in

from london much more still to bring you on the program major league baseball gets political stripping atlanta of its all-star game over a new voting lore in the state of georgia families grieve for the victims of friday's train crash in taiwan as prosecutors seek an arrest warrant for the owner of the truck that rolled onto the tracks. and ace in the line for further behind in the italian title race that's coming out in sport with. now soaring infection rates here in europe are forcing governments in france and italy to reimpose lockdowns restrictions of also been extended in germany's chancellor angela merkel abandon plans for a nationwide lockdown after facing a public backlash as millions of people in the region get ready to mount isa sunday there are concerns that the slow vaccine rollout and new contagious variant of the virus will make a 3rd wave of the pandemic difficult to contain in much of europe people are being told not to travel to see family and some countries including france are still seeing warring numbers of new covered cases while all of italy is now considered a high risk

confirmed dead i'm german ash with sports that major league baseball's all star game will be moved from atlanta in response to voting restrictions in georgia and it's being reported that a major test event for the tokyo it impacts the diving world cup has been canceled because of $1000.00 safety concerns. hello welcome to the news hour we begin of course in the u.s. where the capital the hearts of american democracy was once again thrown into lockdown on friday after a man rammed his car into a barricade killing at least one person the car drove into 2 police officers who were near the barricade one of them has died and the alva is still being treated in hospital offices on the scene shot at the suspect when he left the car he has since died of his injuries and that suspect exit the vehicle with a knife in hand. our officers then engage that suspect he did not respond to verbal commands the suspect did start lunging toward us capitol police officers at which time u.s. capitol police officers fired upon the suspect at this time the suspect has been pronounced deceased 2 so u.s. capitol police of

the home run king both broke babe ruth's record for the atlanta braves was an executive to the at the braves and detail going in with very moving way in his biography of the some of the prejudice he faced when he was a young player in the minor leagues in jacksonville florida when he was an executive with the braves or turner turner broadcasting so this will take that focus on henry aaron out of the city where he lived and played and i think that's quite a big thing for major league baseball to do. well into the miami open tennis weather was not set in the semifinals polish player who bowed to catch the favorite from russia andre rieu bless her coach who actually lives in florida won him straight sets 6364 he won a lower ranks event earlier this year but is now through to his 1st ever masters final now next up heard how much will face as he major yannick sin in the final on sunday the 19 year old italian be the 7th seed roberto a guzzi his semifinal center is only the 4th teenager to reach the final in miami following andre agassi rafael nadal and even novak djokovic which. and so the

all the latest from atlanta. with the news hour live from london well still ahead for you on the program our affairs of asia's 4th wave growing with a surge in krajina virus infections in thailand thousands of children are without basic necessities as they await a future in the united states and then in support disastrous day for red bull ahead of the 2nd formula one race of the season son i will have that story a bit later in the program. u.s. president joe biden has described gun violence as a stain on the country which passes the soul of the nation a statement came in the wake of the latest mass shooting in which a fed ex workers died in the city of indianapolis the gunman who also died was later identified as a 19 year old former employee christian salumi reports. another corner of america the scene of yet another mass shooting this time at a fed ex facility in indianapolis a gunman opening fire late on thursday night killing workers outside in the car park before going inside to kill others and then himself

well still ahead here on al jazeera atlanta is stripped of one of the biggest events in u.s. sports sorrow be here with all these details. when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of said dish to shift the focus of covering the way the news this covered the listening posts on a. april on al-jazeera from a 3rd wave to the vaccine rollout we'll bring you the latest developments from around the world a year into the coronavirus pandemic $11.00 east gains rare behind the scenes accents into the secretive world the japanese soon. could president idriss deby secure a 6th time in power join us on april 11th for the charted action. to ward winning our choice returns stories of those striving to reduce or negative impact on the planet has president joe biden kept his campaign promises we'll have special coverage and in-depth analysis of his 1st $100.00 days in the oval office april ouches iraq. or. talk about now in northeast asia cherry blossoms blaming are a sure sign that spring has spr

mlb pulled the midsummer classic from atlanta overt restrictions to atlanta's new voting laws. we will hear more about that after the news summary. and baylor university's men's basketball team has won its first-ever national championship. baylor ended gonzaga's undefeated season, prevailing in an 86-70 blowout that sent baylor's campus into a frenzy. we'll talk to the coach of the women's ncaa championship team, stanford, later in the program. still to come on the newshour, more businesses in georgia speak out against the controversial new voting law. several pro football players of color claim they were penalized in the nfl concussion settlement. how turning to the performing arts can help ease political divide. plus much more. >> this is the "pbs newshour" f rom washington and in the west from the want cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. judy: delta, coca-cola, and major league baseball are some of the dozens of companies speaking out against new voting legislation in georgia and other states. georgia's law signed late last month poses new id requireme

over the weekend, major league baseball pulling up the all-star game from atlanta. my question is, how does this kind of pressure sit with political leaders? can it be effective in getting them to change a law? >> this is really vaccinating. it is been a fascinating develop ment. it did not start with this georgia law. we saw it in places like north carolina with the bathroom bill. we are seated on gay rights and other states. the laws and other states. what is happening, and this is especially true in the south, these metro regions like atlanta, dallas, houston that were pretty republican have become a lot more democratic. this is where these companies are headquartered and many of their employees come from those blue areas. they live in those blue areas and those expectations are that the companies they work for reflect the values that they share. that is a bg reason why we are seeing in states where they have incredible influence but were that influence is really relegated to just the metro region. what i think happens is that it divides e state. once again betwe

the game had been scheduled for mid july just outside atlanta. the league it says it is looking for a new post city. a senior minneapolis police official testified today that derek chauvin no reason to kneel on george floyd's neck when he was already down and handcuffed. the lieutenant richard zimmerman heads the homicide division and said the former officer's actions were totally unnecessary. >> i saw no reason why the officers felt they were in danger. and that is what they would have to feel in order to use that kind of force. stephanie: that testimony closed out the first week of derek chauvin's trial in minneapolis. he is charged with murder and manslaughter. a texas sheriff has fired seven officers after a black man died in jail last month. marvin scott was arrested for marijuana possession. the guard said he was acting strangely so they tied him down and used pepper spray and a so-called spit hood on him. his family says scott had mental health problems. the suspect in a mass shooting rampage in southern california was charged today with f

and then over the weekend, or friday, major league baseball pulling out the all-star game from atlanta. my question is: how does this kind of pressure sit with political leaders? does it -- can it be affective in getting them to change a law? >> amy: you know, judy, this is really fascinating. it has been a fascinating development that has been going on for the last 10 or 15 years, and it doesn't really start with the georgia law. were you saw it, from example, in places like north north carolina with the bathroom bill, and gun laws, and this is especially true in the southeast, and metro regions like atlanta and dallas and houston, have become much more democratic, and in some cases, deep blue. this is where these companies are head quartered, and many of the employees come from the blue areas and live in the blue areas, and the expectations are the companies they work for reflect the values that they share. and that's, i think, a big reason why we're seeing so many of these companies in states where the company has an incredible influence, but where that influence is really relegated

the brooklyn nets the 1st team from the eastern conference to book a spot in the playoffs for atlanta where too strong the toronto raptors winning by 13 and the news gets better for the nets with their main man kevin durant scoring 17 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in his 2nd game back from a lengthy injury layoff. different guys have different situations they are used to it's they speak you know coaches their help and yet there are players there are talks or it is mostly teenagers just tighter and more connected. there are tired of boxing legend foid mayweather has been scheduled for june the 6th in miami the unbeaten 5 time world champion will come out of retirement to fight internet celebrity logan paul may weather has been retired since beating you have ceased our economy burger in august 27th he was known as the race that stops a nation but australian horseracing authority is hoping that introducing new medical checks will stop animals dying at the melbourne cup among the changes so all overseas runners will have to have c.t. scans before and after arriving at the showpiece even

underway in atlanta just in the last hour you'll remember the earlier this month the pause was put on the johnson and johnson vaccine after $6800000.00 doses had been issued they phoned it in 6 cases there were blood clots in the interim there's probably been about 7000000 doses that have been issued issued in the period between stopping and getting all done and there was another few cases reported although we don't know exactly how many so now the c.d.c. is deciding what it wants to do know the number of options on the table 1st of all it could continue the pause until it gets more information but those who have been attending the meeting say that they think they have enough to make a decision they could call a halt to using the johnson and johnson vaccine which of course has been very popular because it's one and done or they could continue with a number of restrictions and that's exactly what europe did just 3 days ago it decided it was going to use johnson and johnson but there would be a warning attached it could be several hours before we get that final decision from the c.d.c.

the current european champions are aiming for their false olympic medal in tokyo after 3 provinces in atlanta sydney and beijing but not surprisingly 1000 has hampered their build up. because not under 9 year old perhaps the greatest difficulty is the injuries there are players who stopped playing for their clubs with and suddenly had to play lots of competitions and we've lost 2 of our top players which is a challenge. manchester city a 2 games away from their 1st champions league final with paris standing in their way the 1st leg of the semifinal kicks off in the next few minutes in paris will be the 19th time pep guardiola city and i have faced each other as managers katina got the better of the city boss in 2019 when his tottenham side beat city in the quarter finals but here is urging his players to enjoy the whole experience. been privileged to be one of the best 4 teams in europe this season in any month been enjoyed today the training and everything in this is what i would love to to see my players in the back from a 7 everyone because we know how tough our struggle how difficult is t

. >> woodruff: this attack follows mass shootings in boulder, colorado, and atlanta in the last two weeks. in myanmar, demonstrations erupted across the country today, marking two months since the military seized power. protesters in yangon and mandalay burned copies of the constitution that ensured military dominance in the legislature. they also honored more than 500 otesters killed so far. a court in hong kong convicted seven pro-democracy leaders today for their role in mass protests in 2019. they include martin lee, the 82-year-old founder of the territory's democratic party, and media tycoon jimmy lai. they could get five years in prison. we'll have details, later in the program. back in this country, president biden held his first full cabinet meeting, with everyone spread out and fully masked. it took place in the east room of the white house, to allow for social distancing. the president urged them to push his infrastructure plan, and buy american. this was opening day for major league baseball-- but covid-19 claimed an immediate casualty. a washington nationals player tested pos

this latest tragedy coming just weeks after mass shootings in atlanta colorado and south carolina drawing further attention to what's been described as a deep seated epidemic of gun violence kristen salumi al-jazeera following that shooting president biden once again urged members of congress to pos gun control legislation every single day every single day there's a match to this young in the united states if you count all those who are killed out of the streets of our cities and our rural areas it's a national embarrassment and must come to an end i strongly support the universal background checks which i continue to push the congress has to step up and act the senate has to act and i strongly support and continue and never stop supporting the ban on assault weapons and magazines that hold more than 1010 bullets. there with the news out. of the program palestinian prisoners rights groups for new calls to release those whose detention breaks international law. final preparations as britain prepares to farewell say farewell to queen elizabeth's late husband prince philip. and in sports a m

well from this meeting in atlanta we have discovered that there are no 15 cases that have turned up of people suffering from blood clots all of them women 1000000 injections administered by johnson and johnson that number of 15 more than twice the number that we had 10 days ago there were 6 instances in 6 and a half 1000000 cases and that is why the government decided to put a halt to the jordan johnson and vaccination temporarily know the c.d.c. has a number of things they can do they can get 10 year to put a pause on the vaccinations until they get more information but many of the scientists at the c.d.c. think they have enough information to come to a decision that could possibly say no more johnson and johnson vaccinations that would be a surprise what is likely to happen most people think is that it will fall european model remember 3 days ago europe decided to go ahead with the johnson and johnson vaccination but there would be some warnings to certain groups and it seems that the americans may well follow that path as well we should know in the next couple of hours if they do th

mean i just fall around like puppy dogs and just time to tell you that the all-star game has me from atlanta as you know but it's now going to be played in denver that's been confirmed by many today so i have a guy that for me gemma thank you. and that is it for this new salary you can get the latest on all that we have been covering on our website al jazeera dot com and i will be back in just a few minutes with more of the news thanks for watching. the story goes that the statue of an ancient greek god he beat the waves for millenia. until a palestinian fisherman on earth the priceless relic. the story continues that as the world's attention was drawn to gaza mysteriously the day it disappeared once again. the apollo of gaza. on a. most people will never know what's beyond this still. deafening silence of 100000 volts how it feels to touch danger every day. most people will never know what it's like to work with every breath is precious with here is not an option. but when knocked most people. the climate is changing every year for millions of years decades of little action it's all about j

hitter but unfortunately it won't be fully recognized on the mound for the arizona diamondbacks against atlanta on ghana's f. it was across 7 innings but under the rules a no hitter should be thrown in games of 9 or more innings major league baseball is temporarily playing 7 inning games on double headed days to complete as many games as possible without interruptions. how about this for a catch from the new york yankees clint frazier the acrobatic came in the bottom of the 8 against cleveland feeling still ended in a 73 defeat for the yankees. and finally some drama on the high seas in bermuda in the opening race of the sail g.p. season this was on board the u.s. team's boat as japan crashed into them slicing their carbon fiber hole on one of the lines as they got currituck after the americans managed to get free they limped back to shore but the damage from the crash caused the team to capsize and he never ace for the day. all right that is all useful for now it is really. about set for me to the money in sight of this news hour i'll be back in a moment with more of the day's means stay with

should have been taken away from augusta the legislation did prompt major league baseball to strip atlanta of this year's all-star game. anything that disadvantage anyone to vote is wrong it should be addressed i think there's a resolution and i think the resolution is going to be based on people working together and talking and having constructive dialogue because that's the way our democratic society works i know you would like to for us to make a proclamation on this i just don't think it's going to be helpful to ultimately we . reach a resolution. u.s. president joe biden described the new law as an atrocity he says it will unfairly affect black americans key elements include new id requirements for questing absentee ballots banning the practice of give me food or water to voters waiting in line at polling stations and giving the state legislature more powers to control voting operations of problems are reported we've been speaking to david johns of the national black justice coalition he says this is a chance for golf to do more than just talk about change. there are so many organizat

should have been taken away from augusta the legislation did prompt major league baseball to strip atlanta of this year's all-star game. he anything that disadvantages anyone to vote is wrong it should be addressed i think there's a resolution and i think the resolution is going to be based on people working together and talking and having constructive dialogue because that's the way our democratic society works i know you would like to for us to make a proclamation on this i just don't think that is going to be helpful to ultimately reach. reaching a resolution and we've been speaking to david johns of the national black justice coalition he says this is a chance for golf to do more than just talk about it. there are so many organizations including the p.g.a. who tripped over themselves to issue statements to say and solidarity with the movement for black lives and in their opportunity life best to follow up with those words follow up those words rather with meaningful action and in as moment they are advocating the opportunity to be held accountable for big that they purport to care abou

enjoy some big stadium and certainly by next season i won't be going back and watching city at the atlanta game as football fans are specified that the main thing is seeing your mates going going to the games and i think that this is the start hopefully of it easing off and things getting better and better so yeah we are really excited about how things are going as i say there's a lot more at stake than just the car about cup in this to the future of the european championships which are going to be played here at wembley the semifinals on the final in the couple of the group games as well later on during the summer now this 80000 people are attending to this game today the f.a. cup final on in the middle of may is going to have 121-2000 spectators if this event goes well and by the time the european championships come around the expectation is that they'll be a minimum of 25 percent capacity and that's $22.00 and a half 1000 for this particular state. and i hope that by the time the finals in the fall and the semifinals in the fall come around they'll be able potentially to have up to 50 p

actually tapping into a warm gulf a warm push of gulf air here so look at some of these temperatures atlanta 29 wednesday washington d.c. up to 30 but look just a bit behind it 19 degrees and 1st chicago and that's because a cold front is swinging across so new york the next 3 days we're getting pretty close to record temperatures here certainly above average temperatures but then the cold front slices across that will drop the temperature triggers some showers and there is where we track the cold front on thursday potential for some strong storms as we head to arkansas and tennessee take you to central america right now and dry conditions persist for mexico and we do have some drought conditions across that country so the dry conditions certainly not helping some scattered showers for his final and also puerto rico on wednesday for south america we've been dealing with heavy rains toward parts of venezuela into guyana and french guy on his watch 137 millimeters of rain in 24 hours more showers on deck for french guyana on wednesday. still out on al-jazeera are you going standoff between sau

america the current european champions are aiming for their 4th olympic medal in tokyo after 3 bronzes atlanta 70 in beijing but not surprisingly cave at 19 has hampered the build up. if you. just want on the 9 year old perhaps the greatest difficulty is the injuries there are players who stopped playing for the clubs with and suddenly had to play lots of competitions we've lost 2 of our top players which is a challenge. formula one's canadian grand prix has been cancelled for the 2nd year in a row due to cope with 19 travel restrictions it will be replaced with a race at turkey's istanbul circuit circuit on june 13th but there was some good news for organizers of the canadian g.p. f one has extended its contract with the montreal race by 2 years to take into account the cancellations securing it until 2031 with the 2nd tennis grand slam of the year the french open a month away a world number one novak djokovic has decided to reduce his schedule he's pulled out of the madrid open which starts on sunday meaning he won't defend the title he won in 2019 masters event was cancelled due to the pand

hitter but unfortunately it won't be fully recognized on the mound for the arizona diamondbacks against atlanta on gone his effort was across 7 innings but on the emily rose a no hitter should be thrown in games of 9 or more innings major league baseball is temporarily playing 7 inning games on a summer headed to is taken he has many games as possible without interruption. i think you have been here today. i'm not control how many units are playing. and i want everything i mean. i'm definitely appreciative. you know. what happened and i am very fortunate. meanwhile japanese star shared tawny once again proves he's more than just a picture smashing of a home run in the space of a week helping the l.a. angels defeat his sin. tennis now rafael nadal has won a record extending 12th boston open title the spaniard beats to final sister passed in the final but was really tested as al had to save a championship points in a match the loss of more than 3 and a half hours he eventually pulled 366775. and it led to find like this and they start a month so means a lot to me again supplant like him that he w

patients after it ran out but finding a hospital bed to free has become almost impossible in the city of atlanta. i came here to get my grandfather treated he's suffering from covert 19 they are not letting us in we don't understand anything the security guard is saying there is no doctor available here if there is no doctor need the emergency ward then where will we go his oxygen level is dropping alarmingly. india recorded more than 300000 cases for the 3rd day on saturday the situation in india is a device stating reminder of why this virus can do and why we must marshal every tool against it in a comprehensive and integrated approach. countries including the u.k. and china say they're looking at ways to help india as it. heads med students oxygen and vaccines and the u.s. chamber of commerce has called on the body of ministration to release millions of doses of the asteroid 7 kovacs even from storage to ship to india brazil and other countries had a pandemic it said that no one is safe. to say and this is the problem al jazeera. we're joined now via skype by. he's professor of international

this latest tragedy coming just weeks after mass shootings in atlanta colorado and south carolina drawing further attention to what's been described as a deep seated epidemic of gun violence christian salumi al-jazeera eritrea has admitted that its troops all fighting in ethiopia's northern to grow region it's the 1st time the horn of africa nation has explicitly knowledged its role in the conflict eritrean forces are reportedly dressing as members of the ethiopian military both governments have previously denied their presence contradicting contradicting testimony from aid workers refugees and residents the u.n. says the eritrean forces have committed atrocities. well the u.n. says that hundreds of children were separated from their families. because attacked by a group last month many of them arriving in pemba from. reports . when an armed group attacked the town of palma in mozambique's kabul delgado province some of these women got separated from their children their plan was to reach the provincial capital hoping this sons and daughters had also managed to get here as well wouldn't y

says it won't be stripping the season ending to a championship from atlanta major league baseball rejects all-star game from the city of new controversial voting rules in the state of georgia critics say the legislation makes it harder african-americans to vote the tour championship has been played at east lake golf club since 1998 and has contributed to more than $38000000.00 to local charitable organizations now the p.g.a. wants to continue it says that work well the masters tees off in georgia on thursday the same course japanese teenagers sebas a tiny one that cost a national women's amateur and 17 year old won it on a sudden death playoff. at the 1st women's major of the season in california thailand's party tribal and i kids is firmly in control of the n a n a inspiration tournament 21 year old is 5 shots clear closing in on her 1st ever title and on the men's tour jordan spaeth singh good form ahead of the masses he shot a 5 under 67 to take a share of the lead at the 6 us open he's tied with matt wallace on 12 under. and then the fellow called from toby it's top tom brother brothe

this latest tragedy coming just weeks after mass shootings in atlanta colorado and south carolina drawing further attention to what's been described as a deep seated epidemic of gun violence christian salumi al-jazeera. brazil's president joe both sanaa has sent a lessor to u.s. president joe biden recommitting to stop illegal deforestation in the amazon by 2030 years climate envoy john kerry responded urging immediate action be taken to back up the pledge brazil has appealed for several millions of dollars in international supports to meet that goal. he was going leader raul castro has called for respectful dialogue between cuba and the united states he expressed a willingness to build a new kind of relationship with the u.s. as he presided over his final congress of the communist party of cuba on friday castro also confirmed he was handing over the leadership to a younger generation ending 6 decades of rule by himself and older brother fidel. i 3 astronauts been on a joint's russian american mission have safely returned to earth the expedition cancer and ends when the soyuz spacecraft l