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

make it nu with nu finish. >>> baseball all star game won't be played here in atlanta this summer. it is the most dramatic response yet to the georgia sweeping new election law. commissioner saying quote, major league baseball supports voting rights for all americans. and opposes restrictions. lebron james now a part owner of the boston red sox tweeting proud to call myself a part of the mlb family today. but the atlanta braves say they are quote deeply disappointed adding this was neither our decision nor recommendation. the team had hoped our city could use this event as a platform to enhance the discussion. republican governor who signed the controversial law ripped the decision saying the league in his words caved to fear political opportunity and liberal lies. >> now the game will still honor braves legend hank aaron. but no word where the all star game will be held. hall of fame sports broadcaster says it is the latest example of sports leagues making statements about equity and politics. >> until relatively recently, baseball was not as apt as a sport to weigh in on social i

major league baseball is moving the all-star game out of atlanta into denver. that is too much for mitch mcconnell. the hypocrisy as it always seems to be is off the charts here. i will explain. make sure you sit down and watch, okay? facts first here. mr. mcconnell blasting corporations for taking a stand on voting rights. the same mitch mcconnell who, for years, has defended the first amendment right of corporations to hand over millions of dollars in political spending. remember citizens united? but now mitch mcconnell says this. >> i am not talking about political contributions. most of them contribute to both sides. they have political action committees. that's fine. it's legal. it's appropriate. i support that. i'm talking about taking a position on a highly incendiary issue like this and punishing a community or a state because you don't like a particular law they passed. i just think it's stupid. >> it's stupid. suddenly, corporations don't have first amendment rights after all? hmm? not many disagree with them. tim scott tweeting this misleading compar

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is taking his first executive action on guns in the wake of the deadly mass shootings last month in atlanta and boulder. and the derek chauvin murder trial. an expert witness in the police use of force training testifying that covid -- excuse me, that chauvin used deadly force by kneeling on george floyd's neck when it was no longer necessary. that floyd was on the ground, handcuffed and not resisting. i want to bring in cnn political analysts john avlon and kirsten powers. good evening to you and thanks for joining. john, let's start with you. the president is really tuning out the noise, pushing ahead on guns, infrastructure, speeding up vaccinations. while the gop goes all in on trump and the culture wars. is this just the way it is now? biden is on his own, getting things done and the gop is talking about things are irrelevant? >> i think it is a snap shot of the way our politics are. remember, i think this is consistent with the way joe biden campaigned. he did not overindex twitter talk. he focused on where the real votes were in the democratic primary. you have some polarization in c

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way back when she was the deputy city attorney in my hometown of atlanta, georgia, and she saw a group of -- she referred to them as secretaries with like all this brilliant, you know, legal knowledge, and they just weren't getting paid. she essentially said to the city we need to do something about this, and she huddled with these women to get them more training once she had access to power. then of course they got higher salaries. cut to she's the house minority leader in georgia, and what do you have to do? you learn how to fund-raise. she has this sort of jedi fund-raising skill. more recently as we were all covering the election and you see how women and specifically black women really showed up to help flip georgia and then of course the senate runoffs in january, stacey literally shared the wealth from all of her fund-raising with a lot of other women, a lot of other women groups, women of color. the narrative in our culture likes to pit women against one another, but we need to be like the stacey abrams of the world and we need to huddle. >> you're one of the bravest people i k

six of them, asian women in the atlanta area spa shooting. ten people, including a police officer, killed at a supermarket in boulder. and now, eight people dead, at that fedex facility in indianapolis. >> we have an active shooter, currently, at fedex. they're reporting at least five people shot. >> multiple people shot at fedex. information only at this time only one shooter, gunshot wound to the head. he is down. >> eight people, dead, in atlanta. ten in boulder. eight more in indianapolis. 26 people dead. 26 american families, mourning loved ones who went to work, to the supermarket, never came back. >>> president joe biden frustrated. angry. calling gun violence in america, a national embarrassment. >> this has to end. it's a national embarrassment. it is a national embarrassment, what's going on. and it's not only these mass shootings that are occurring, every single day. every single day, there's a mass shooting in this -- in the united states, if you count all those who were killed out in the streets of our cities and our rural areas.

throw out the first home pitch at the rangers, angry that major league baseball moving the game out of atlanta. governor abbott is taking a standby not showing up. being angry at mlb for making the same decision. as i said -- it makes absolutely no sense. figure it out republicans! what do you do? cancel or not? capitalism or not? trump does not lie but joe biden does? we see you. that's why it does not stick. people are not buying the b.s. they see you. >>> george floyd's brother, and attorney ben crump is here. they'll tell me what they think of the police chief. >> it means a lot because the first time we interacted with the community members may be the only time they had an interaction so that has to count for something. "cnn tonight" brought to you by scotts -- triple actions, kills weeds and prevents. ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na na... ♪ hey hey hey. ♪ goodbye. ♪ na na na na... ♪ hey hey hey. ♪ goodbye. ♪ na na na na ♪ na na na na... the world's first six-function multipro tailgate. available on the gmc sierra. are you managing your diabetes... the ...using fingersticks?tio

back when she was in my hometown of atlanta, georgia, and she saw a group of -- she referred to them as secretaries with all this brilliant-legal knowledge that just weren't getting paid. she essentially said to the city, hey, we need to do something about this. and she huddled with these women to get them more training when she had access to power. and then, of course, they had -- they got higher salaries. cut to, she is the house-minority leader in georgia. and what do you have to do? you learn how to fund raise. and so, she has this, sort of, jedi-fundraising skill. and so, more recently, as we were all covering the election. and you see how women, and specifically, black women, really lshowed up to help flip georgia and then, of course, the senate runoffs in january. stacey shared all of her wealth with a lot of other women group, women of color, the narrative in our culture likes to pit ibm women against one another. but, no, we need to be like the stacey abrams of the world and we need to huddle. >> you are one of the bravest people i know because you are leaving a comfortable

six of them asian women in the atlanta area spa shooting. ten people including a police officer killed at a super market in boulder and now eight people dead at that fedex facility in indianapolis. >> we have an active shooter at fedex. five people shot. >> they have an active shooter currently at fedex. >> multiple people shot at fedex at 8951. >> eight more in indianapolis, 26 people dead. 26 american families mourning loved ones who went to work to the super market and never came back. president joe biden frustrated and angry, calling gun violence in america a national embarrassment. >> this has to end. it is a national embarrassment. it is a national embarrassment is what's going on. it is not only these mass shootings that are occurring every single day. every single day there is a mass shooting in the united states, if you count all those who are killed out of the states of our cities in rural areas. it is a national embarrassment and must come to an end. the folks who own weapons and guns, they support universal background checks. maj

this is not cancel culture because the democrats didn't want the mlb to take this game away from atlanta. stacey abrams and senator warnock both said don't do it. it was the corporations saying this is inconsistent with our beliefs. it's the same thing with dr. seuss. it was the company and the family behind dr. seuss who removed the books. it wasn't democrats or joe biden even though republicans are trying to make this a joe biden thing, that he's the one canceling or somehow democrats are the ones canceling mlb and dr. seuss. go on, john. sorry. >> that's an important point, right? a lot of this is the outrage olympics is a distraction play by republicans to try to keep folks' eyes off the ball about underlying policy. we could have great big debates. the reason that corporations are stepping up on an issue is this isn't a question of policy anymore. this is about, do you believe in democracy and making it easier or harder for folks to vote? we can say that mcconnell believed all these years that corporations should play a greater role in plongs. he put his name on an fec complaint. wh

voter suppression laws. 250 laws in atlanta have been changed since the election. it's happening in michigan, in texas. it continues to happen. so smartphones, protests, and the ability to vote. those three things have been game-changers. let's continue to do each. >> jalen, i mean it, you're welcome back here any time. i love watching you, i love -- >> thank you. >> what you're contributing, and your perspective. please come back. thank you for your time, okay? >> my pleasure. >> and i want those glasses. >> i got your back. >> jalen rose, thank you. >>> americans don't just want action in the courtroom, they want action in congress. but is any legislative reform possible when republicans have become the party of obstruction? ride a horse on the moon. you can framebridge just about anything. and we have. uncle murray's medals. a lucky pencil. man with peach. words of wisdom. a million custom framed pieces and counting. you can framebridge just about anything. >>> for republicans who don't think there is anything wrong with the current state of the party, they may

. >> and major league baseball now open to discussing moving the all-star game out of atlanta. president biden addressing that just moments ago. >> i would strongly support them doing that. this is jim crow on steroids, what they're doing in georgia and 40 other states. >> there are more than 250 proposed bills and at least 43 states that are aimed at restricting access to the ballot. it is being called the new jim crow. here's cnn's joe johns. >> jim crow is making a comeback. the fictional black faced character from shows that dime symbolize second class citizenship for millions of america. ♪ >> jim crow is also the name used to describe unequal racial segregation rules that banned black people from eating at white owned restaurants, staying in white owned hotels, and fully participating in the election process. now as hundreds of new proposals to scale back voter participation, the parallels with the past are inescapable. elizabeth johnson writes, in jail 61 years ago as a college student at virginia union university. she and 33 other students were locked up for a sit-in a

. >> understandable emotion there in atlanta, and we saw and heard similar things across the u.s. after the verdicts in the trial of derek chauvin. a jury on tuesday found the former minneapolis police officer guilty of all three charges against him, including murder in george floyd's death. after that, this group gathered at the georgia capitol next to a mural of floyd. earlier george floyd's brother and his family's attorney spoke with cnn's don lemon about their satisfaction with the verdict and the relief that they felt. >> oh, man, it was -- it was just so much of a relief, don. just constant nights of me just being up constantly getting three and four hours of sleep. but today i won't get that time to sleep because i'm going to stay up and celebrate because to me, this is a day of celebration. i'm happy, man. i'm really happy. >> i want to take you back to the courtroom if you will allow me because this verdict, as you know, was historic. what was it like for you to be there? >> oh, it was one of the times that i actually panicked. i was walking back and forth, pacing back a

tonight, making that decision in response to major league baseball moving the all-star game out of atlanta in protest of georgia's new law restricting access to voting. it's part of a growing rift between corporate america and republicans. major corporations like coca-cola, delta, and american airlines speaking out against bills that would restrict voting. right now more than 360 bills that would limit voting access have been introduced in 47 states. that's according to the brennan center tally. with georgia and texas seeing the highest number of those new bills. so joining me now to discuss is houston mayor sylvester turner. mayor, good to see you. >> good to see you again, don. >> you know this is a big thing, and it's going to be very important for our democracy and for what happens at the ballot box. >> absolutely. >> the brennan center tally found that texas has introduced the largest number of restrictive voting bills. what do you think is the most damaging aspect of them for houston residents, specifically voters of color? >> there are several things, don. these bills restrict early

. >> reporter: including pulling the mlb all-star game set for july out of atlanta. the commissioner says the timing would make that difficult, but president joe biden says that if the players want to change location, he supports it. >> i would strongly support them doing that. the very people who have victimized the most are the people who are the leaders in these very sports, and it's just not right. >> reporter: georgia's business leaders under public pressure are now speaking out. >> let me get crystal clear and unequivocal. this legislation is unacceptable. >> reporter: the ceo of delta, the state's largest private employer, blasting the law as based on a lie of 2020 election fraud, saying in a memo, it's evident that the bill includes provisions that will make it harder for many underrepresented voters, particularly black voters, to exercise their constitutional right to elect their representatives. that is wrong. in response, the georgia house passed an amendment revoking delta's jet fuel tax break. >> we're going to start taxing jet fuel after july 1st, 2021.

texas rangers' home opener tonight in response to the mlb's decision to move the all-star game out of atlanta. anna navarro. i know you all these years, i can't say your last name, suddenly. anna navarro, good evening to you. the gop is obsessed with calling everything cancel culture, but isn't that exactly what they are doing by calling for these boycotts? >> the gop is very good and it's something that's been done for decades and decades, in coming up with catchphrases that, then, take a life of their own. and a connotation of their own. be it, identity politics or virtue signaling or cancel politics. there are people in the gop who dedicate themselves on polling, focus groups, and coming up with phrases like these. but, yes, it is the -- the -- the utmost of hypocrisy. today, i was thinking -- you know, i have been thinking, in the midst of this major-league baseball thing. and you know the only time i aof baseball or any sports is when there is a boycott going on. i remember, when some in the gop were calling for a boycott of the nfl, right? because they were kneeling. and then, i remembe

the fact that you have young white men like the one in atlanta who shot people in the asian spas, you take them alive but you always end up killing us. when you have people like the young black man in parkland florida, you took him alive but then you shoot us. you took him alive but you shoot this young man who we believe should have never been stopped in the first place especially when we are dealing with something so sensitive going on in minneapolis. it is an emotional time because we are tired of them killing us unjustified over and over again. how many hashtags are we going to have, to have some reforms and change the culture of k excessive force against black culture. >> no one deserves to lose their life in the way this young man did. begin, again, even with police training, one would not think a officer would mistake a gun for a taser. certain reporting on this and i want to know if the reporting is right and if that's what you are getting. thank you for clearing that up. >> i want to bring in philonise but go ahead. >> whatever they're trying to justify this shooting is unacc

voter-suppression laws. 250 laws in atlanta have been changed since the election. it's happening in michigan. it's happening in texas. it continues to happen. so, smartphones, protests, and the ability to vote. those three things have been game-changers. let's continue to do each. >> jalen. let me tell you this. i mean it. you are welcome back here, anytime. i love watching you. i love -- >> thank you. >> -- what you are contributing, what you are doing, and your perspective. please, come back. thank you for your time. okay? >> my pleasure. i appreciate the love. >> and i want those glasses. thank you. jalen rose, thank you very much. >>> americans demanding justice and equal treatment. they don't just want action in the courtroom. they want action in congress. but is any legislation or police reform possible, when republicans have become the party of obstruction? -free life. honey, i'm home from my really important job! scuff defense. honey! scuff defense. [ chuckles ] scuff! -defense! i love our scuff-free life. you too, scruff defense. today let's paint with the

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the fact that you have young, white men, like the ones in than atlanta, who shot the people in the asian spas. you take them alive. but yet, you always end up killing us. when you have people, like the young, white man in parkland, florida, who shot up the school. you took him alive. but then, you shoot us. just like -- who shoot up the church in south carolina. you took him, alive. but you shoot this young man, who we believe should have never been stopped, in the first place. especially, when we are dealing with something so sensitive going on in minneapolis. so, don, it is an emotional time because we're just tired of them killing us, unjustifiably, over and over and over, again. how many hashtags are we going to have, before we pass the george floyd justice in policing and accountability act to have some reform, and some systematic reform, to change this culture of police' excessive force against black people? >> i think, everyone can agree with you that -- that for a traffic stop, and if it is, indeed, a misdemeanor warrant, that no one deserves to lose their life in the way that th

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let's go to steve harrigan live in atlanta with the very latest. steve. >> reporter: arthel, the commissioner of major league baseball said he made this decision after talking to clubs and players both active and retired. he said in the wake of georgia's new election law which he said restricts access to the ballot box. now, there's been a sharp response to that from georgia's republican governor, brian kemp, who says this is another example of cancel culture. >> georgians and all americans should know what this decision means. it means cancel culture and partisan activists are coming for your business, they're coming for your game or event in your hometown, and they're coming to cancel everything from sports to how you make a living. >> reporter: the reactions are coming in from all sides. former president obama tweeting: congratulations to mlb for taking a stand on behalf of voting rights for all citizens. there's no better way for america's pastime to honor the great hank aaron who always led by example. here in georgia, the situation not so sim

cobb county just outside atlanta says it stands to louis $100 million in tourism. >> it means cancel culture and partisan activists are coming for your business. they're coming for your game or event in your hometown. >> reporter: georgia governor brian kemp said saturday m.l.b. and other companies caved to what we called liberal pressure. >> they ignored the facts of our new election integrity law and they ignored the consequences of their decision on our local community. >> reporter: over the weekend, former president obama praised the companies for taking action, while former president trump encouraged a boycott. late today the white house tells cbs news president biden supports moving the all-star game out of atlanta. he is away celebrating easter with family at camp david this weekend. >> christina ruffini at the white house, thank you. >> duncan: week two of derek chauvin's murder trial begins tomorrow in minneapolis. the former police officer is accused in the death of george floyd, witnesses expected to include the city's police chief who condemned chauvin's actions in the pa

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and major league baseball strips atlanta of the all star game as the backlash widens against new voting laws in the state of georgia. so lisa 5 more people have been killed in miramar in the latest crackdown on protesters more than 2 months since the military deposed the civilian leadership security forces shot and killed protesters in 3 different cities on saturday despite that demonstrations are continuing in major cities including young girls and nuns lay at the military has also issued arrest warrants against 18 prominent online critics. and 10. major armed groups representing ethnic minorities are throwing their support behind the anti coup movement through groups . condemning the use of life against protesters and the rebels control large areas mostly along mia most voters speak to tony chaney joins us live now from bangkok in neighboring thailand and he will come on to the group represents the major represents the ethnic minorities in a 2nd because we're just gives it an update situation on what the latest is. was you mention. in the protests are still ongoing they have been pret

so that for you on the program major league baseball gets political stripping atlanta and its all star game over new in the state of georgia . and families grieve for the victims of friday's trying crash in taiwan as prosecutor seek an arrest warrant for the owner of the truck that rolled on to the trunk. the weather slushy set fair across much of australia but i'm a fighter to have more wet weather in the forecast for queensland over the next few days a little area 5 pressure down towards new zealand and around a hybrid drew or in the way in the sand from the ocean and that will face some rather heavy showers into eastern parts of queensland as we go on through sunday some heavy rain there just around the sunshine coast brisbane could catch some rather wet weather that could lead to some localized flooding as we go on into monday out west the weather if anything becoming a little more expansive so right along the coastal fringes we are in for some rather wet weather the ground saturated of course from the previous weeks of very heavy races that could cause some localized if not flash

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

alicia: steve harrigan in atlanta. griff. griff give joining us to react is a georgia state senator who supported the voting rights law and who was just at the press conference with governor kemp senator matt brass, thank you for joining us. tell us what was your takeaway and tell us what you think about what has happened? >> well, griff, thanks. i i think the governor did a great job. it's time for a fight. one of the interesting parts of all this and this is all president biden's fault. the white house and president biden stacey abrams, they continue to spread lies to paint their narrative and they use these catchy phrases like jim crow 2.0 but what's interesting if you actually go back to jim crow 1.0, back then it was democrats, it was corporate america and it was our major league sports that told a group of people that their values didn't matter, that they're not going to have a voice and anybody that supports them is going to get punished and so they may be right in jim crow 2.0 because we are seeing all over again when

major league baseball has announced its moving its all—star game out of atlanta following the state of georgia's adoption of a new law that affects the right to vote. critics of the new legislation claim it makes it harder for black people and other minorities to vote in elections. the announcement comes a day after president biden called for the game — which was set to be at the home of the atlanta braves — to be rescheduled. the sport's commissioner said baseball supported voting rights for all americans. joining me now is baseball columnist bill shaikin from the la times — who wrote last week that major league baseball should move the all star game. i don't know how much credit you can take but clearly some. they have listened to you. are you surprised that they have? i am a little bit. majorly baseball has been in this situation before. ten years ago, there was a controversy of law in the state of arizona and the same calls were made, there had to be a boycott, major league baseball had to move the game, and they went on with the game, and they went on with the game as schedu

christina: major league baseball pulled all-star game out of atlanta over georgia's new election rules. this is the best way to, quote, demonstrate values as a sport. but just the week the deal signed a deal with tencent, communist-backed company, one of china's largest tech firms and dropped nba games in 2019 after the former houston rockets general manager showed support for democratic activist protesting against beijing backed crack-down in hong kong. >> major league baseball, they don't want to go in georgia which has a pretty expansive early voting rules, now mandatory weakens thanks to this law but happy to do business in china which regularly persecutes people. christina: mlb is headquartered in new york, a state that has fewer early voting days than allowed in georgia. new laws expanding early voting and shortens time for runoff elections and has new guidelines for mail-in voting. critics call the new rules voter suppression. major businesses like coke and delta condemning them meantime supporters of gop-backed legislation say laws are fair and will help improve voter confidenc

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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.

major league baseball may still be having the game in atlanta. coca-cola could maybe not have come out with the comment they did. this all started because of joe biden making a comment about a law he knew nothing about. mike: david morey, you want to respond? >> disagree. this started when the georgia legislator wrote a law that is really bad with horrendous optics. joe biden is not person opposing this the way the law written now. >> legislation is better than the state of new york as we just heard in the reporter segment. >> i don't know if it is better. >> better than illinois. better than new jersey. there is more of a open period to cast an absentee ballot in georgia than there is in new jersey. democrats typically want to do what they do, have it both ways. if voter turn out is down, if voter turn out is down in georgia it was because voter suppression. if voter turn out is up next year, they were it will be because this law caused more people to go out and vote. typical of democrats. they want to have it both ways. reality this georgia law

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

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and atlanta others have rightly been support there demanding justice for all the unarmed black killed by police in recent years kristen salumi was at a rally in new york. where demonstrators have been gathering in the plaza behind me since the verdict was announced this location where i'm at brooklyn in the heart of new york city has been a centerpiece of the black lives matter movement demonstrators have come here often in the last year in fact you may recall that after george lloyd was killed protests in new york city became almost a daily occurrence in all 5 boroughs of the city demonstrators gathering for rallies like this for tox chanting the name of george cloyd and other people who have died at the hands of police new york itself has a long history of tense relations between the minority community and police officers as well so people here gathering expressing their feelings of relief i would say this is being seen as a victory but only a 1st step as we just heard a lot of the people i spoke to tonight not all of them support abolishing the police i've heard views on both sides

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