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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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