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

but the atlanta braves say they are, quote, deeply disappointed. adding, this was neither our decision, nor our recommendation. the team says it had hoped our city could use this event as a platform to enhance the discussion. >>> republican governor brian kemp, who signed that controversial law, of course, ripped the decision. saying, the league, in his words, caved to fear, political opportunism, and liberal lies. now, the game will still honor braves' legend hank aaron, who died back in january. but no word, yet, on where the all-star game will now be held. hall-of-fame broadcaster, bob costas, who is a cnn contributor, says this is the latest example of sports leagues and fairness, equity, and politics. >> until relatively recently, baseball was not as apt as a sport to weigh in on social issues, as perhaps the nba, the wnba, the nfl. but that all changed. i mean, last year was obviously a time of reckoning, and it continues. there is a players' alliance now, in baseball. made up, primarily, of players of color. primarily, african-american playe

leaders and lawyers, starbucks a board chair linkedin founder and home depot founder and the owner of the atlanta falcons participating discussing measures to take opposing georgia's new voting law. they want to build on the lender they say is signed by 72 african-american executives released last week so they need this second statement could come this week. many signing on to this next statement read to the "wall street journal". state and federal lawmakers in the companies are misreading the matter and also acting as a shadow lawmakers which they should not do but then you hear from the canned fraser's and others that instituted and really catalyzed the movement that we should not let up and that corporations should be speaking with their authorities. stuart: i would like to know exactly what they want to do about this, which at this moment to is unclear i want to bring in congressman jody hice from the state of georgia. tellis, what you had to say to these ceos, major-league public corporations which are taking a stand against you and your state? >> you know, it's preamble leave the ball. we a

atlanta set to allow full capacity at two sports stadiums beginning may 7th. disney land is preparing for friday's grand reopening and new york city's mayor just announcing today the city will fully reopen on july 1st. but it's hard to feel too good about this, as we witness what is happening in india. the skyrocketing surge in new cases of covid there, is prompting the u.s. government to urge all americans in india to leave, as soon as possible, coronavirus is spreading so fast. yesterday india hit a new record of more than 3,600 deaths in one day. graphics, apocalyptic images coming in from new delhi that may be difficult to watch. it's important you see the reality, crematoriums are running out of space, forcing them to build makeshift funeral pyres in parks and other public areas. cnn's sam kylie is there. >> reporter: this is a crematorium where the dead have to join a queue. relatives or friends have a take tickets from an office to get access to the crematorium that's dealing with about 150 people a day, almost all of them victims of the covid pandemic,

that followed atlanta and boulder, colorado. president biden calling gun violence an epidemic that the country must address now. >> 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 the united states, you can count all those who are killed out in the streets of our cities and our rural areas. it's a national embarrassment and must come to an end. >> the president is calling for the senate to take up legislation like universal background checks despite a promise by majority leader chuck schumer for votes on gun bills, the chance of anything passing a 50/50 split in the flat remains slim. >>> thursday, at least eight people were killed. in the last few hours, police have released the names of the victims. >> they range in age from 19 to 74. officials say the investigation is, quote, still very much in its infancy. cnn's marquel marquez has more on what we're learni

donny, this all comes up around the all-star game moving out of atlanta. pressure puppet put on companies like delta and coca-cola. so what's your sense of where corporations are right now? did they get it right in the case of georgia and how active should they be in these political debates where mitch mcconnell has said they ought to stay out of them? >> corporations have no choice at this rate. frankly, if they had their way, they would be agnostic. they have one god that they answer to at the end of the day, and that's the shareholders and that's the profit. i don't mean to sound cold and callus, but that's what they are. having said that, the right business for them now is to be on the right side of these arguments. they can no longer stay on the sidelines, particularly young consumers demand that of companies now. in all research, you see to talk about corporate conscience. now, when you think about that, most companies, if you look at their marketing plans, the audience they're going after, they're not going after old geezers like me. marketing plans

. >> was that atlanta. >> i don't know. i really don't know is the answer. >> real story is not just what those documents showed but also the abuse of power by facebook to censor. >> trap that is it. sanford cardinals national champions. ♪ you don't v. to know now ♪ ainsley: that is a beautiful shot of saint pat thick's cathedral about a block from us close to sak's fifth a&e if you have been shopping in that store, it is so pretty. the scaffolding was taken down. i hope have you all had a great easter weekend with your family? were you all in church? were you able to go? i did virtual church. certify steve divert actual church, too. i watched -- i had the option of watching saint pat's but i watched my own parish, a lot of people actually there. ainsley: i watched the pope. we aired the pope's service at 5:00 a.m. so i woke up pretty early. brian: was it english. ainsley: it was not there was a translator. ainsley: welcome back from texas. brian: you will see in texas they are alarmed at this administration. they seem

jonathan serrie, live in atlanta. jonathan, thank you. now capitol hill, intelligence agency chiefs sounding the alarm about threats to the u.s. from china, russia, and iran. they spoke about intelligence challenges at a senate hearing today. congressional correspondent jacqui heinrich shows us tonight from capitol hill. >> from chinese he is mean non-and the origins of covid to iran's nuclear power, russian interference and social media's influence on extremism, intelligence agency heads on capitol hill gave a frank assessment of global threats to the u.s. in the first public hearing of its kind in more than two years. >> the world will face more intense and cascading global challenges ranging from disease climate change to disruptions from new technologies and financial crises. >> china dominated the conversation, fbi director christopher ray saying the threat is so persistent and diverse the fbi opened a new investigation about every 10 hours. and is currently working more than 2,000 probes on economic spying alone. a 100 percent incre

arthel: we love atlanta. mark meredith, thank you. eric? eric: meanwhile, down at the border there's some more trouble, we're told. illegal crossings continuing in the rio grande valley, but ore places also under finish other places also under pressure. authorities shutting down what they say are multiple stash houses on the border in laredo, texas. those houses packed with large groups of people, they say, and they found more than $11 million in drugs. this as a group of bipartisan lawmakers have introduced a bill aimed at streamlining migrant asylum claims more quickly. casey stegall is lye on the border in laredo, texas, with more on all of this. hey, casey. >> reporter: hey, eric. good to be with you. across the board really apprehensions just keep going up and up and up, and just as you said, that includes the number of those so-called stash houses that are being busted or raided. that's a place that's used on either the u.s. side or on the mexico side to stash large groups of migrants until their fees are paid or to further evade bord

just a few weeks ago, the leak moved this year's all-star game from atlanta to denver after georgia passed a new voting law. there has been an outcry ever since from many who say that they don't want to make sports and politics and this could hurt baseball. according to polling, major league baseball is quickly losing conservatives. a month ago, 47% of republicans said they had a positive view of baseball. tycho weeks ago, it was down to 12%. a drop of 35%. is the questionnaire really about trying to see how much damage has been done, or really about the fan experience inside the stadium? sandra? >> sandra: you've got to love the polling on the politics of baseball and then baseball pulling on the politics of their attendees. a great story. thank you. next up, the politics of protest. could it swing the midterm election? >> john: it is the politics of everything these days. we will ask chris wallace, his show is marking a very special milestone this weekend. see you. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? thank you! hey, hey, no, no, limu, no limu!

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

jon: charles watson in atlanta. charles, thanks. >>> and as more americans get the covid vaccine, restaurants are finally starting to get busier across the country. that's great news for small business owners, but now they face a new issue, a shortage of workers. >> more napkins? let us know if you need anything, okay? >> reporter: a downtown restaurant in philadelphia is getting back to pre-pandemic crowds. >> i'm going to go check on his order. >> reporter: their staff is down 25% from where it needs to be. >> we're extremely short staffed. we have to take table away or say, unfortunately, we're not seating at this time. >> reporter: the owner owns eight other restaurants. >> well, this has definitely been a year of extreme challenges, one after the other. and our latest challenge is hiring and recruiting. >> reporter: she says it's a sign of people leaving the industry. >> it's pretty understandable. our employees, when we did the layoffs, had to decide what are we going to do next, and they had to look at indust

correspondent jonathan serrie has details tonight from atlanta. good evening, jonathan. >> good evening to you, shannon. investigators are still trying to determine a motive. the gunman forced his way into the home of that prominent doctor who lived just outside of rock hill, normally a quiet town in upstate south carolina. 70-year-old dr. robert wesley and his wife barbara and two grandchildren ages 9 and 5 were found dead inside the home. the gunman also shot two air conditioning technicians 38-year-old james lewis was found dead outside the doctor's house. his co-worker called for help and is now hospitalized with severe gunshot wounds. and is fighting hard for his life, according to his cousin. the york county sheriff says it does not appear the gunman took anything from the home but he did leave evidence that led investigators to a immediately identify the suspect as former nfl player philip adams. >> we have no indication right now that there was a doctor-patient relationship between dr. leslie and philip aadams. >> authorities found adams d

the manhunt for a murder suspect who escaped from deputies near atlanta's airport is over. jssan strover is accused of murdering someone in a bar in arizona. he was caught in georgia. deputies say he took off when they tried to return their rental car at the airport. authorities didn't say where strover was found overnight. >>> eight former fraternity members were charged in the alcohol related death of a bowling green state university student. 20-year-old stone foltz was attending a pledge party for phi cappa alpha where he was told to drink a full bottle of alcohol, prosecutors say. he passed out then died three days later. the eight suspects are facing charges that range from hazing to manslaughter. they're expected in court on may 19th. >>> the arrest made in lady gaga's dognapping case. the singer's dog-walker was shot during the encounter. now it appears gaga's $500,000 reward helped investigators. here's abc's andrea fujii. >> reporter: this morning, multiple arrests in connection with the dognapping of lady gaga's two french bulldogs and shooting of her dog-walker.

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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. and i'm going to explain. so make sure your 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. senator tim scott tweeting

. >> 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

mayor bottom says her directive which aims to help atlanta residents navigate new gop deciding voting rules and registration deadlines is, quote, designed to do what those in the majority of the state legislature did not. expand access to our right to vote. joining our conversation, msnbc contributor and "washington post" contributing columnist, former congresswoman. charlie sykes back with us as well with claire mccaskill. donna, is this where we are? frankly, turnout was incredible in the 2020 election to kind of try to help people navigate calling on her chief equity officer, to help people navigate how they can do what they've already done which is vote and not have trouble doing it? >> well, sadly, this is called using every tool that you have in the tool box and i think that mayor lance bottoms is doing that for the citizens of atlanta and unfortunately, there are dozens of these, i think over 360 of these type bills that are moving forward at various stages all across the country. in a couple of dozen legislatures, they've actually moved through either the house or the senate a

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he will celebrate by holding a rally in atlanta, and then he and the first lady will travel to georgia to meet with former president jimmy carter. carter was not able to make it to the inauguration because of health reasons. >>> a look at our weather forecast, meteorologist kari hall, nice today. we know we're in a drought. >>> yeah, we are in a drought. we've been monitoring it. warm temperatures for our inland valleys in spots like dublin and brentwood will reach into the low 80s today. it's going to be slightly cooler for the second but quite gusty and we'll see the dry weather continuing into next week while san francisco will see highs in the mid-60s. we'll reach up to 70 degrees today so it will be cooler for the weekend as though winds pick up. kris? >> thank you, kari. we have more local news coming up in just a half hour. of course you can find us anytime of day nbcbayarea.com. >>> at 7:30 no >>> at 7:30 now on a thursday morning, the 29th of april, 2021, and there's a pretty good chance at this moment ten years ago you were right here watching, well, that, a big event, willia

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

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

daniels, white house reporter for politico and author politico play book and the political reporter for atlanta journal constitution. and the man who knows georgia best, eugene, there's no elected official in the state of america who clocks corporate dollars and tracks them than mitch mcconnell, cc united. what in the world is he talking about here? >> it's interesting to watch as republicans like mitch mcconnell are fighting with big business when they've been friends of big business for a long time, right? he gave this bill that corporations would invite serious consequences. but republicans don't have the same issue of republicans getting involved in politics when it comes to donations. that level of involvement in politics passes muster for republicans and always had. what we know is donation is always a way to show value, which is what the coca-cola, and mlb and all of these, delta, are saying. and the quote is had no issue in the past. as republicans have continued to try to fight mostly cancel culture wars, that is where they're going to find themselves. they're going to find themselves

suspect who stomped on an asian woman, i don't hear the outcry of white supremacy and talked about in atlanta. that's a hate crime. they should be prosecuting his t man. but you hear crickets from the white house and aoc because his skin color doesn't fit their playbook. i want to make a comment regarding the george floyd case. gregg jarrett is correct. the reason why the prosecutor has to put that witness on, the girlfriend is because if they don't the defense is going to and regardless of everything gregg said, which i agree. the medical experts have not opined. it's going to be discussed later on. >> sean: all right. let me go to gregg, get your thoughts on the guy on the commission. cop killer. he is on the commission. killer of his mother, he's walking the streets and going after a 65-year-old lady. >> putting a cop killer on that board, it's like putting el chapo in charge of drug policy. it's outrageous. it's an insult to every cop. it's an insult to the family of robert walsh, the dead police officer, executed by this guy at point-blank range. >> sean: leo 2.0 to rail. gregg jarrett,

the tour championship is set to be held here in atlanta in september. they said they're going to keep it in atlanta but also said in a statement they support the right of all americans to vote. steph? >> blayne, thank you. >>> let's dig deeper with columnist and editor of "the new york times" and co-anchor of "squawk box" on cnbc. they say georgians should not he weigh in on morality but that's not what this is about. what they said is risk management, haven't they decided staying silent will hurt their bottom line a whole lot more? >> this is a business decision and what's so remarkable about what happened over this past week is republicans have always loved big business and free markets until the big businesses turn against them on issues, in this case social issues. democrats have often hated big business, of course, unless they are with them on issues like this. so here we are. yes, businesses ultimately are not political. they're political party is profits and when you look at where we are as a country, and i think what a lot of these businesses ar

carter: we have 200 people every month sold into slavery in atlanta. and the reason is that it has the largest and busiest airport on earth, and a lot of the passengers who come in on delta, girls with brown and black skin. the new york times, in a very long article, which said that a black or brown skinned girl in atlanta could be bought by a brothel owner for $1000. and a lot of the girls are sold into sexual slavery. this same thing happens in our universities now with oppression or sexual abuse of girls, and also in our military. i think it, last year, 15,000 cases of sexual abuse took place in the military. and very seldom is a person prosecuted or punished for rape even in the military or university system. so we have a long way to go. not only in this country but around the world. [applause] host: thank you for your leadership. vice president mondale, you were a partner in this effort to promote human rights. in the balky case, meeting with the south african leadership on apartheid, trying to save the vietnamese boat people who were dying at sea

called out for their hypocrisy after it was announced the all-star game will not be taking place in atlanta anymore because of george's controversial new voting laws. despite railing against george's voting id laws mlb requires fans to show photo id to pick up the tickets from the will call booth, democrats are suggesting the all-star game take place in new york but the empire state actually has fewer early voting days then georgia does senator rand paul is also calling out the mlb for their hypocrisy abroad senior sports league might be to woke if it were freely to visit china and cuba boycott the u.s. state that wants people to show id to vote. and despite of the hit to the local economy, democrats view themselves as heroes in georgia because of their boycott. >> we know boycotts have allowed for justice to be delivered in many states since the civil rights movement whose rooted in boycotts. we know apartheid ended in south africa because a boy enter boycotts. our hope this boycott will result in changes. katie: leo leavitt to congress woman l on omar who doesn't live in georgia who makes

you think about the young man who went and shot up the people in the asian spa in atlanta, they took him alive. and then, my lord, not too far from here in bacari's home state this young white boy named dylan roof went and shot up the whole church and literally, they chased him across state lines into north carolina, and they not only took him alive, but they took him to burger king to get a burger and a fry. but andrew brown they shoot him in the back. and we're going to see the video to know what they're trying to hide from all y'all. because the truth can't hide forever, and a lie cannot live forever. >> i gave you all an signment. i wanted to follow through. i've got joe manchin's number right here, it's 202-224-3954. >> one more time. >> 202-224-3954. call his office and tell him we're tired of black folk dying. and then kyrsten sinema's number is 202 -- >> the number one more time for joe manchin. >> 202-224-3954. and kyrsten sinema is 202-224-4521. just call the office and tell them how you feel. let me turn it over to harry. he has an update for you. >> so let me be clear. we

legislation comes just over one month after several women of asian dissent were killed in a mass shooting in atlanta. from the start of the pandemic, about 3800 anti-asian american crimes have been reported. president biden applauded the senate action in a tweet writing acts of hate against asian americans are wrong, un-american, and must stop. the bill now heads to the house for a final vote next month. >>> nicole, thanks very much. ahead, we continue our series eye on earth. our planet in peril. this morning, how close are we to the tipping point on global warming? what science tells us about averti "eye on eartrth: our plalanet i periril". >>> ahead, sean bobbitt, the oscar nominated cinematographer for "judas and the black messiah." that's a lot of pressure to put on yourself. >> this is where my news background has always held me in good stead. no one's going to shoot at me. no one's going to try and kill me. it's like there's no pressure. >> that's right. he started as a news cameraman, how sean's life has changed since he and i worked together back in the '80s here at cbs. >> how about that?

business owners about what it means to have talladega here, just like sort of the all-star game in atlanta what would it have meant there to be there before they moved it , how much does talladega benefit all of the businesses around it. here is some of what will and i found. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ten miles away from the racetrack at talladega, what does the race mean for places like this? >> with the talladega race being the biggest travel and camping race in nascar, a few hundred thousand people coming in, what it means for us is our hotels are full, restaurants are full, people are ready to get out and have fun. >> when people come to talladega and alabama, what do they see as far as covid? is everything pretty much open, capacity restrictions what is life like down here? >> so the governor listed the mask mandate a few weeks back, businesses are really booming in a lot of ways now. >> we heard that business is booming to such an extent that some businesses are having trouble hiring. >> that's true. >> right now business has final ly picked up. we are just now getting back to the number

howie: jessica, by waiting several weeks after mass shootings in boarder and atlanta, even speech on guns got half a day of coverage as most of the press moved on from this difficult issue? jessica: i'm not sure he missed the moment and talked about the systematic issues that are the root cause of this in terms of obviously knowledge in what's going on in the rash of violence against asian americans like in the atlanta shooting, but i don't think that he missed the moment. joe biden has been a long-time friend to the gun reform movement. he's been supportive of organizations like every town and moms demand and when i did see the reaction from those organizations, they were positive. obviously tempered because this wasn't move toward assault weapons ban or federal gun registry. it was encouraging red flag laws, for instance, making sure we do more research, more community policing. but i want to push back on alex a little bit. obviously hunter biden has nothing to do with any of this and the idea that he comes up constantly, i don't understand. the answer for something that joe biden

they hold their championship in atlanta in september. both organizations saying they think it is better to stay and help local communities as opposed to simply picking up and walking away. a number of players have been asked about playing in georgia during this controversy. some were very careful about wading into political questions. here is rory mcilroy. >> i have to be respectful and somewhat careful about what i say. i'm not a citizen of this country. i certainly think all great countries and democracies are built on equal voting rights and everyone being able to get to the ballot boxes easily as possible. >> his competitor champ by racial expressed his own discomfort at georgia's law. >> i think a lot of people it's very disappointed to see that. as you can tell it really targets certain black communities and makes it harder for them to vote which to me is everybody's right to vote. so to see that was very shocking and obviously with mlb and what they did moving the all-star game was a big statement. >> augusta national and sponsors

but right now, the president is about 150 miles south of atlanta. he's in plains, georgia, visiting there with another president. jimmy carter and his wife rosalynn carter. back in 1976, biden was the first to declare his support for president jimmy carter. >>> right now, kamala harris is speaking about what the administration has done about its first 100 days in office just after visiting a vaccination center at a nearby stadium. live pictures you see right there. all of this comes less than 24 hours after the president and vice president made history during his first address to a joint session of congress. >> madam speaker, madam vice president -- [ applause ] >> no president has ever said those words from this podium. no president has ever said those words. and it's about time. >> we the people are the government. you and i. not some force in a distant capital. not some powerful force we have no control over. it's us. >> joining us now nbc news chief white house correspondent peter alexander traveling with the president in atlanta. and jake sherm

. >> what do you think about the possibility that they decide to move the baseball game out of atlanta because of this political issue? >> i think today's professional athletes are acting incredibly responsibly. i would strongly support them doing that. >> laura: well, well, well! aside from the fact that joe seemed to be sleeping in that interview, as the angle told you last night these left wing boycotts of the all-star game, frankly, would cause huge economic damage and send jobs to other low tax states. hurt georgia. so the blow back against this is growing which forced even liberal georgia senator john -- to put out a statement last night saying i absolutely oppose and reject any notion of boycotting georgia but then he said, look, corporations that are disgusted like we are with this voter suppression bill should stop any financial support for the georgia republican party, and then stacey abrams, the mastermind behind the fraudulent attack on georgia's voter i.d. law, also has been caught in a trap of her own making. >> to our friends across the country please do not boycott us.

. >> and, kate, the president will continue to make that case today as he heads to atlanta where he's holding a drive in rally. one other thing we heard from the president yesterday he is was framing the issues including the trillions of dollars in spending as matters of domestic importance and also in terms of national security. and the global competition between democracies and awe to beingcies. i spent time with the national security adviser jake sullivan what they've been telling me is this is something that president biden is framing. it is something he sees as central to the mission as president of the united states. he believes that the united states and the world really are at an inflection point and history will judge the united states as well as his presidency over how he is able to answer this question of can democracy work in the 21st century and compete with these autocracies? it is something that is on his mind. he brings it up in all kinds of meetings whether it is talking to the team of nasa engineers or if he is talking about car batteries, electronic vehicle batterie

supporting major league baseball's boycott of the state's new election laws set to hold a rally in atlanta tomorrow touting his first 100 days in office. he slammed the states new voting laws as jim crow in the 21st century. jeremy hunt, take a listen to vernon jones on "fox & friends" about this very issue. >> he is coming really to take a tour of a disaster that was not caused by god but was caused by liberals. it is an embarrassment and a slap in the face for us in georgia for him to show his face here. >> dana: he is a governor candidate there. joe biden thinks georgia is a state he would like to keep in the blue column. can this help him do that? >> to put it frankly no. it takes some nerve to call our state every name in the book, jim crow 2.0, whatever and then advocate for boycotts of the state, lose us millions of dollars in revenue and then have the nerve to show up to celebrate his first 100 days in office. his first 100 days have been a disaster for the state of georgia. i'm a proud georgia native. i love my state. so many memories in georgia. met my wife there and i can tell y

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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

mlb moving game from atlanta to denver in response to georgia republicans passing and signing into law new restrictive voter access law. republicans promptly responded with the extended performative whining that's become a central hallmark of modern conservative politics. >> do you believe major league baseball will live to regret this decision? >> yeah, i think they will. almost comical, people here and all over the country have figured this out, they're outraged and sick and tired of cancel cover. >> that's brian kemp, pushing the lie that georgia's law is to make it easier to vote and anybody who says otherwise is trying to cancel georgia, i guess. republican party as we said is radicalizing against democracy, lost an election with highest turnout in recent memories and set themselves to doing everything to make it harder to vote, in the hopes, possibly misguided, it will help them win. this isn't happening in back room. we've all watched it, watched them propagate the toxic big lie that the election was rigged, leading to violent insurrection that killed a police officer. that was

all of it setting up a showdown between georgia's republican governor and atlanta's democratic mayor. >> look at the damage that has already happened to our state. $100 million has been lost >> reporter: overnight, the mayor issued a new executive order, taking steps to reduce the impact of some parts of the law, including training city staff on voter registration, educating residents on how to obtain the i.d. needed for absentee voting and developing psas around new voting deadlines and time lines critics say the law restricts access to the ballot, especially among black voters, and that atlanta, a democratic stronghold, would be hit especially hard. but republicans are crying foul. saying the law makes elections more secure, and accusing the league of caving to cancel culture. >> i'll tell you who is getting screwed, it's the little guy it's the little guy that is working in georgia, working in these bars, taverns, hotels, that now are not going to have guests >> reporter: all of it comes after two major georgia-based companies, delta airlines and coca-cola, took a public stand agai

when in atlanta the braves will allow fully packed stands. >> it's going to be great. as you can see just opening up like we have has meant the world, i think, to everybody here. >> reporter: nationwide the average daily new case count lowest it's been in over six months. tennessee declared mission accomplished. i am not renewing any public health orders, tweeted the governor, because covid-19 is no longer a health emergency in our state. jumping the gun? tennessee has one of the lowest rates of vaccination in the land. not quite one-third of americans are now fully vaccinated and the pace is slowing, dropped nearly 20% the past two weeks. >> go get vaccinated, america. get and get the vaccination. they are available. >> supply, no longer the issue. it's demand. in our new poll of the not yet vaccinated, 58% of adults said they won't try to get a shot. think again say the experts. think ahead. >> one critical way to prevent long covid is to prevent covid itself, even for young people who consider their risk of severe covid to be low, the long-term consequences can be q

why are you taking the all-star game out of atlanta which is going to cause georgia and specifically fulton county, democrats $100 million in revenue?? are you really that spineless? are you really that stupid? because the league apparently has no problem. mlb, they do business in china and we are learning tonight that mlb is bolstering its ties with one of china's largest tech companies. actually cracks down on that executive. by the way, can you pick up will call tickets for a baseball game, sporting event, concert if you don't have a picture i.d.? no, you cannot. senator marco rubio had the strong message for the commissioners saying i am under no illusion that it will sacrifice business revenue on behalf of its elected corporate values. similarly, i am under no illusion that you intend to resign as a member from augustine national yacht club. to do so would require a personal n sacrifice as opposedo the woke corporate virtue signaling of moving the all-star game to atlanta. why is joe biden not being held accountable for his role in starting and fueling the entire fire? peter doo

. >> reporter: i'm martin savidge in atlanta. the governor of tennessee says it's time for all covid restrictions in his state to end. governor lee says he's removing the authority of most tennessee county to impose mask mandates and is urging the few remaining large cities with mandates to lift them by the end of may. he says a widely available vaccine changes everything and as a result he claims covid-19 is no longer a health knowledge in tennessee. it should be noted per the cdc tennessee has one of the slowest vaccination rollouts in the country and is near the bottom when it comes to rankings for shots given. >> reporter: i'm brynn gingras in new york city. new york state is making a big step when it comes to vaccinations. the governor andrew cuomo announcing starting thursday state run mass vaccination sites will accept walk-ins, that means no longer having to go online to make an appointment to get your vaccination. the appointments are not necessary. this will be on a first come first served basis and it's for new yorkers

s including one in atlanta that killed eight and another in boulder, colorado that killed 10. it's a national embarrassment and must come to an end. on friday, the white house called on congress to pass legislation that reinstates a ban on assault weapons and strengthens background. jax it should not be political. despite the efforts of the n r a over time. this is an issue that democrats republicans, independents across the country believe universal background check should happen. polls show broad public support for stronger gun laws. ah bill has already passed the house. but there is little appetite to pass legislation in the senate, where lawmakers from rural states say their constituents don't want it. even after recent shootings, we have to remember in the rush to judgment on something like this. you know the left off and run stuff, tonto implement gun control, but we have a people problem. the white house is already announced some unilateral moves, saying the administration would regulate stabilizing braces that make pistols more like rifles and crack down on ghost guns

, moving it to denver which i might note atlanta is 51% african-american denver is 9% african-american. so good job baseball you care about racial equality so much that you took 100 million dollars away from largely african-american small businesses, and atlanta and moved it to bunch of lily white businesses in denver. you've shown your virtue through and through. and i have to say my attitude i'm fed up with it. i'm sick of it. i think a lot of americans are sick of it. and so i announced this week as of this point going forward i will not accept any contributions from corporate packs not a penny in nine years corporate packs contradicted 2.6 million to my campaign and i've decided enough is enough. that if they're going behave as enemies of the american people, enemies of liberty if they're goapg going to engage in lice and willingly be weaponized as economic tools of punishment for the democratic party and the radicals, who are doing enormous damage to the country that -- that i want nothing to do with that endeavor. >> fair enough. senator cruz, you speak right to the issue, and we

. >> we will continue to support peaceful protests inside the city of atlanta. >> reporter: chauvin faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted. now, speaking to the level of security in this area, about an hour ago, we saw several dozen security or sheriff's officers combing and entiring the area around the hennepin county courthouse here where this trial is being held. again, jury deliberations are expected to continue later on this morning. anne-marie. >> skyler henry in minneapolis. skyler, thank you so much. >>> breaking overnight, former vice president walter mondale has died. he was 93. mondale served as vp under jimmy carter from 1977 to 1981. his family announced his passing away yesterday in minneapolis. natalie brand has more on mondale's groundbreaking. political legacy. >> a few minutes ago -- >> reporter: walter mondale is often remembered for losing the presidency to ronald reagan in 1984, but he also made history by picking geraldine ferraro as his running mate, the first woman on the presidential ticket. hervous. k they'reoo >> ll, house.ne ti a lef anea the son of a meth