republican governor brian kemp firing back, telling his supporters cancel culture is coming for your business. but major companies taking notice of the georgia law and eyeing other states, as well, considering similar measures. here's abc's elwyn lopez from georgia. >> reporter: tonight, georgia's governor blasting major league baseball's decision to pull this season's all-star game and draft out of the state. >> georgians and all americans should know what this decision means. it means cancel culture and partisan activists are coming for your business. >> reporter: in a statement, the mlb commissioner saying their move is "the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport." this after georgia republicans passed and signed into law sweeping changes to the state's election rules. proponents say the new law strengthens election security. but critics say it suppresses the vote. former president barack obama supporting the league, invoking a late braves icon, tweeting, "there's no better way for america's pastime to honor the great hank aaron, who always led by example." atlanta's democr

georgia's governor, brian kemp, defending that law. >>> expands access to voting, expands weekends voting, protects no excuse absentee voting and levels the playing field on voter i.d. requirement. >> the law suppresses historically disenfranchised voters in urban and suburban counties, according to officials. >> it now has the attention of the mlb and corporations that are really thinking twice about georgia. >> manfred junior, saying, the league supports voting rights for all americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box. there access to voting continue to have our game's unwavering support. she says she commends the league for speaking out. atlanta's mayor, telling cnn she expects there may be other boy cats from businesses and tourists. >> it's going to impact millions of georgians, employment, small businesses, corporations unfortunate. >> i want to be clear, i will not be backing down from this fight. we will not be intimidated. >> as texas state lawmakers consider new voting bills in their legislative bodies, american airlines, at&t, and dell, have weighed in. a sign, some o

anthony fauci, georgia governor brian kemp. he saved his harshest words for senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. shane goldknocker, national political reporter for "the times." good to talk to you about this. nbc news has matched some of this reporting, confirming trump referred to mcconnell as a dumb son of a b and a stone cold loser. mcconnell is one of the top leaders of the party he's there to raise money for. does this have to do with mcconnell's speech on the floor after that impeachment vote? >> it has everything to do with mcconnell's speech on the floor. after january 6th and his leadership in the weeks since then. look, donald trump is a problematic figure for the republican party. he is the key headliner for the first donor retreat for the republican national committee. but it's a challenge for the party because he is an animating figure for the base and yet divisive and submissive of other top in the party. attacking the top republican in the party, mitch mcconnell, by name is unusual, to say the least at a repub

we heard georgia governor brian kemp here essentially doubling down on this piece of legislation that he signed into law just a little over a week ago at this point. that putts a lot of these restrictive voting measures in place, limits the number of ballot boxes available in the state and decreases the time to request absentee ballots and what you heard in that presser is that this republican talking point that they're trying to argue that this bill actually expands voting rights and protects voting rights. it is something that he repeated again and again saying that the move by major league baseball to move the all-star out of the atlanta area in reaction to the bill he says is them basically just cushing to the radical left, to leaders like stacey abrams and president biden. take a listen. >> today major league baseball caved to fear and lies from the liberal activists. they ignored the facts of our new integrity law and the consequences on our local community. georgians and all americans should know what this decision means. it means cancel culture and partisan activists are comin

. >>> also new today, georgia cover brian kemp blasting the mlb for pulling the 2021 all-star game out of atlanta due to georgia's new restrictive voting law. >> yesterday, major league baseball caved to fear and lies from liberal activists. they ignored the facts of our new election integrity law, and they ignored the consequences of their decision on our local community. in the middle of a pandemic, major league baseball put the wishes of stacey abrams and joe biden ahead of the economic wellbeing of hard-working georgians. >>> and after a week of emotional testimony in the derek chauvin trial last hour, george floyd's cousin telling me what it's like sitting in that courtroom as those firsthand wbs witnesses relive the tragedy. >> many times, while i was watching their testimonies, i was brought to tears. i mean, i can see that -- the impact of having been there to witness what they had to witness was going to have a lifelong effect on most of them. and knowing the pain that i feel, i mean, my heart just breaks for them. >> we're going to be talking about the trial in just a little

you're monitoring this but in general what are you hearing about what brian kemp is saying? >> reporter: we just heard kemp give remarks minutes ago and not different than what he's been saying since mlb decided to move this all-star game out of atlanta. they haven't decided a new location but comes in a backlash after the georgia republicans and governor brian kerp there signed into law in the last week an extremely restrictive voting measure that really does tamp down on access to the ballot, to the voting booth and will have very detrimental impacts for folks to cast the ballot in the future and right now we have seen big companies like delta, like coca-cola now mlb speaking out and saying that they don't support this law that has just been passed and what we have seen from republicans in the aftermath is attacking mlb, these corporations saying that they have been corrupted by stacey abrams and joe biden and the radical left, the term that's tossed around that we have heard from republicans a lot later is cancel culture. they feel like they're being canceled, the views a

park cannon, who was arrested last week while knocking on the office door of governor brian kemp as he signed the voting bill into law, spoke for the first time today since she was handcuffed and removed from the state capitol building. >> when the late congressman john lewis took my hand, marched with me to the fulton county government center, and voted with me in 2016, and helped me understand why that was so important, i'll never forget it. but unfortunately, today, the only thing etched in my mind are two things -- why were they arresting me? why were they doing that? and the photo of six all white men under a photo of a plantation taking away black and brown voters' rights. as well as all voters' rights. >> and while coca-cola and delta eventually did the right thing, they are still under pressure for their delayed response. today, standing in front of the weld of coca-cola, a group of faith and community leaders announced a national boycott of those two companies as well as home depot for their failure to speak up before the legislation was passed. state republicans are also furi

governor brian kemp who signed this restrictive bill surrounded by white men in front of a painting of a slave plantation expressed outrage at major league baseball's decision. it's important to remember this isn't just about georgia, the brennan center for justice has tallied up just how widespread these legislative efforts to suppress the vote are, quote, as of march 24th, legislator have introduced 361 bills with restrictive provisions in 47 states. right now the corporate response is happening in a very piecemeal fashion. georgia passes its odious law and everyone pressures coca-cola and delta airlines and major league baseball. texas is about to pass a voter suppression law and people call out american airlines or dell or at&t. shouldn't we all be focused on the big picture, the national picture? shouldn't corporations now be saying across the board, we are going to oppose these bills everywhere? the ceo of the new georgia project, which along with other civil rights organizations is challenging the new georgia law in court. she joins me now, thanks so much for coming on the show.

there is a history there with brian kemp and stacey abrams before this. it is a longer history because it's a state in the deep south that had all the kind of jim crow sort of laws on the books. prior to voting rights act. and now it's a state that flipped by this narrow margin. huge, right? montana's interesting. it's like republicans did fine. they have voter registration. they did fine. can you win an election as republican. you don't need this. and, yet, same impulse. one of the first things the governor is doing. >> well, this is the playbook all across the country, chris. the top priority of republican party right now is to make it harder to vote. and not just in states that joe biden won. obviously that, is ground zero for the effort. places like georgia, arizona, michigan this is where they're most desperate to enact the restrictions on voting. they're pushing them in states like florida and states he won comfortably like montana, and iowa. they're all marching off the same playbook. the laws they're passing to restrict voting rights are similar a

. >> 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 built on decades of lies from the right about prevalence of voter fraud. now republicans in state after state are using that to change the rules of voting. they'll feeling the backlash because the power grab is so transparent. caught in the act attempting trumpian gas lighting but they know what they're doing and we do too. the georgia bill not determining outcomes, guaranteeing that republicans will win or turnout will go down, there's all sorts of dynamics involved, but it is true that state is ru

. >> that is brian kemp who was pushing the lie that georgia's voter suppression law is designed to make it easier to vote and everyone is trying to cancel georgia i guess. the republican party as we said is radicalizing against democracy. they lost an election that had the highest turn out in recent memory and now they set themselves to make it harder to vote in the hopes, possibly misguided, that it will then help them win. this is not happening in a back room. we watched it. we watched them prop gate the big lie that the election was rigged leading to the violent insurrection that killed a police officer. now republicans are using that to change the rules of voting and they are feeling the backlash because their power grab is so transparent and having been caught in the act they are attempting to lie about what they are doing. we know what they are doing. they know what they are doing too. no it is true. the actual particulars of the georgia bill are not determinative of outcomes. they do not guarantee that republicans will win future elections or turn out will go down. there are all

"the washington post" fact-checkers gave joe biden four pinocchio's and georgia governor brian kemp biden to take a look at his own state. >> if you look at these comparisons, the state of delaware has no in person early voting. we have 17 days, you don't have to have an excuse to have an absentee ballot by mail. in delaware, you do. we have drop boxes, delaware does not. >> there are some factual complaints. one new provision allows the republican legislature to spend election officials like brad raffensperger who didn't comply with former president trump's request to find votes that would have reversed his loss but also shortens the time between the election and the runoff and eliminate three weeks of early voting for the runoffs that was previously required. critics say giving voters less time to register and request a ballot and vote before runoff time. >> sandra: jacqui heinrich reporting for the hill for us, thank you. >> john: let's get another perspective on all of this, bring in former georgia congressman doug collins. good to see you this afternoon. let me start with a quote fro

that's brian kemp. he's standing by. we'll be with him in just a minute. his state stands to lose $100 million now that the mlb yanked the all-star game

georgia governor brian kemp joins us now. great to have you here today. seem to be the man of the hour, a busy one. do you believe major league baseball will live to regret that decision? >> i think they will. it's almost comical, all of these that keep falling and moving the all-star game from the cities and at 60% african-american to an metro area that is less than 10%, they have less of early voting days. they have a photo i.d. requirement, for in person voting. it's insane. we compared to where major league baseball is headquartered in new york, and i've talked to that issue at nausea them really about the discrepancies and how they are boycotting and pulling games out of the state like ours. yet they are headquartered in the state that's more restrictive than they are. it doesn't add up. and, there's a couple of provisions in this bill that are, with this i.d. if we can't hand out food or water and if you do it then you can't announce who you are and can't have any labeling. then on the ballot request, what was wrong with 180 days, why reduce that to

kemp, as well as republicans in the legislature therefore passing that voting law while at the same time, the big sponsor of the beijing olympics. you have other companies like nike, coca-cola as well as apple all concerned about this bill that would limit the importation to the united states with products made with forced labor in the providence. a little bit of a double standard at work here. >> no doubt. there is been the hypocrisy and we did an analysis of 200 or so companies that signed that letter opposing the georgia election law and urging other states not to repeat it. 42 of them are doing business in china, communist china, 42. you've got major league baseball which just pulled the all-star game from georgia. the same weight that they did that, they signed a deal with the chinese company helping the chinese communist party with free speech in china. so i mean, all of these companies are absolute hypocrites. they are doing and by the way major league baseball which will not play an all-star game in georgia but did send the tampa bay rays to play in communist cuba in 2016 an

georgia governor brian kemp joins us now. we've been talking about this bill, governor. yesterday they were making it crystal clear the myths about this bill are not true and i have to ask how did your office let this spiral so out of control that this misperception has been allowed to persist? >> well, dana, thanks for having me on and i hope you won't blame our office for playing into the narrative that the mainstream media is doing because a lot of political activists, one of them my former opponent. when the president of the united states says something you know a lot of people pay attention. but what joe biden needs to do is look at the side-by-side of georgia and delaware. trying to get major league baseball to pull the game out of georgia, which is ridiculous. if you look at these comparisons, the state of delaware has no in-person early voting. we have 17 days. in georgia you don't have to have an excuse to get an absentee ballot by mail. in delaware you do. we have drop boxes, delaware does not. if you want to get a bottle of water while you are standing in line

. >> bill: that is the georgia governor brian kemp telling us he will not give into the corporate pressure over the states new voting law. newt gingrich knows georgia is as well as anybody, sir, how are you and good morning to you? >> i'm doing well. >> bill: i want to read you something from the ceo of coca-cola. he was born in england. he put out the following statements in a letter. it is pretty extensive. i will read it for you here, okay? standby. voting is a foundational right in america and we have long championed efforts to make it easier to vote. we want to be crystal clear insight unambiguously we are disappointed in the outcome of the georgia the georgia legislation for the focus is on supporting federal legislation t protects voting access and addresses voter suppression across the country. so some think that may be in reference to h.r. 1 now headed to the senate in some form or another. how do you see this going down? >> well, first of all, h.r. 1 is the corrupt politicians act. it eliminates all the barriers that protect us and allow honest citizens to count honest votes. sec

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that assertion has drawn sharp criticism from republican governor brian kemp. >> georgians and all americans should know what this decision means. it means cancel culture and partisan activists are coming for your business. they are coming for your game or event in your hometown. and they are coming to cancel everything from sports to how you make a living. >> a lot of prominent georgia democrats are really caught in the middle on this issue. on the one hand they oppose the voting rights law which they say is restrictive. they also oppose any boycotts or moving events out of the state of georgia. senator chuck schumer of new york is throwing out the welcome mat tweeting we'd welcome mlb to play the all-star game in new york. there has been pushback by a number of republicans who say that georgia's voting rights even after this new law are a lot less restrictive than the states trying to get the all-star game. here is chris christie. >> new jersey early voting is nine days. half of what georgia is. >> the all-star game brought in more than $90 million last year. not clear where it will be pla

it is time joe biden apologize for slandering brian kemp, georgia legislature and the state of georgia. >> bill: we'll wait on that apology. tom cotton, thank you. you had an interview with the woman from cobb county, georgia. you had a great question. you said what part of the bill are you opposed to? and did she mention a specific? >> the question was what's the most egregious part of the bill to you. i could have picked out three. her point was -- i take it seriously and a genuine point. she said it was the way that this bill was done and the context around it. that it was based on the fact that there were many people in the country who believed what president trump was telling them. the election was stolen and they're saying all these attempts to improve voting is based on a lie. that is their point. >> bill: what i would argue then we're two months removed from the georgia senate runoffs, right? perhaps for her it came too quickly. what i would argue florida 20 years ago, it was 537 votes between gore and george bush and florida went ahead and they reworked their voting laws. they

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jim, of course, following the georgia voting law signed into law by governor brian kemp a few weeks ago. how do you think this will impact the states, not just happening in these two states, of course? >> no, andrea, it's seven southern states that have passed this law. you literally can't make this up, in florida, they literally passed it on confederate memorial day. the intent of the bill is -- by doing things, first, figure out how to target these voters by saying, can't have -- can't hand out water, can't hand out food. as you well know in florida, in these special elections in the summer, it's incredibly warm. that's crazy. second, african american turnout doubled in florida in 2020, using mail-in ballots. they want to target those. the republican head of the elections office in pascual county, florida literally said it befuddled why they're doing this, the system works very well. they're doing this because he said more democrats voted by mail than republicans did, specifically, african americans. they're going straight at it targeting these voters. it's cynical, it's ridiculous, b

the governor of the us state of georgia, brian kemp, has said he will not back down after an all star baseball game was moved out of atlanta in protest over georgia's new voting restrictions. the 2021 all star game was moved from the atlanta braves�* home stadium after the state strengthened identification requirements for absentee ballots, shortened early voting periods for runoffs, and made it a crime to offer food and water to voters waiting in line. the governor had this to say about the all star decision. i want to be clear. i will not be backing down from this fight. and neither are the people who are here with me today. we will not be intimidated and we will also not be silenced. major league baseball, coca—cola and delta may be scared of stacey abrams and joe biden and the left, but i am not, and we are not. the former crown prince ofjordan says he's been placed under house arrest as part of a crackdown on critics of the government. street protests in germany against strict covid measures — as the country's president appeals for national unity. to myanmar now, where ten

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. >> reporter: georgia governor brian kemp accused those companies of caving to public pressure. >> i think the people are standing up and realizing the games that are being played here and they're going to be fighting back with us. >> reporter: major league baseball officials haven't decided whether to move the all- star game out of atlanta, but president biden is keeping the issue front and center as he works, norah, to discourage other states from passing similar voting legislation. >> o'donnell: all right, nancy cordes at the white house, thank you. and that cabinet meeting today showcased the most diverse cabinet in history including the first ever native american to become a cabinet secretary. we spoke to secretary deb haaland at the museum of the american indian in washington in her first tv interview as her first tv interview as secretary of the interior she told us what she said to the president when he offered her the job. >> i said you don't know what this means to indian country. it's significant, historical, it's meaningful, and i think we're all indebted to him. >> o'don

in a statement, georgia governor brian kemp said baseball "caved to fear, political opportunism and liberal lies." there are disturbing new allegations tonight against florida republican congressman matt gaetz as he faces a federal sex trafficking investigation. we get details now from cbs' major garrett. >> reporter: the investigation into matt gaetz, a staunch ally of former president trump, is growing tonight, now involving several offices of the justice department, a top aide to the congressman resigning as the scandal widens. at issue is gaetz's relationship with a 17-year-old girl. gaetz could face federal charges if he traveled across state lines or provided anything of value-- airline tickets, meals hotel rooms-- in exchange for sex with her, something he has denied. >> it is a horrible allegation and it is a lie. >> reporter: gaetz could also face state charges of prostitution. "the new york times" reported obtaining receipts suggesting gaetz and an associate joel greenberg paid for sex after using web sites to locate potential partners. greenberg was indicted last year on sex traf

. >> georgia governor brian kemp said saturday, mlb and other companies caved to what he called liberal pressure. >> they ignored the facts of our new election integrity law. and they ignored the consequences of their editdecis on our local community. >> the white house said that president bide supports moving the all-star game out of georgia. >> thank you. week two of derek chauvin's murder trial begins in minneapolis tomorrow. the form police officer is accused in the death of george floyd, and witnesses are expected to include the city's police chief who has condemned chauvin's actions in the past. chauvin has pleaded not guilty. gillettete proglid .e. five b blades and d a pivotig flexexba l designgned to get t virtu lly every y hair on ththe first sts so y you're readady for the ey with a freresh face fofor a fh starart. for r a limited d time get a h cartridge e fre . depressision can makake the wk feel likike seven momondays. multiple symptoms. cacan't do thihis. got that rightht. let's reththink this.. so youour doctor t tells you at trtrintellix,, a a prescriptition medicine fo

. >> georgia republican governor brian kemp struck back. >> i think the people are standing up and realizing the games that are being played here, and they're going to be fighting back with us. >> the georgia law includes new restrictions on voting by mail, limits where ballot dropboxes can be placed, and when they can be accessed, and gives the state legislature greater control over how elections are run. >> religious leaders are also calling for a national boycott beginning next wednesday of coca-cola, delta, and home depot, three of atlanta's largest employers. coca-cola and delta have issued statements in opposition to georgia's new voting laws, but these religious leaders say the companies should be doing more and speaking out against these voting rights laws that are up for consideration in other states. if you're interested in learning more about them, we just posted a rundown at cbsnews.com. >> all right, ed, i'll take a look in the commercial break. we appreciate it. >>> border patrol agents say they are seeing what they call a significant increase of migrants crossing the southern

georgia's governor, brian kemp, criticized major league baseball for pulling its all-star game from the state. >> they ignored the facts of our new election integrity law, and they ignored the con eventses of their -- consequences of their decision on our local community. >> reporter: professional golf's greats and newcomers weighed in this week, though none went so far as to suggest the masters should be moved. cameron champ, one of the only current pro players of color, criticized the law. >> it really targets certain black communities, makes it harder for them to vote which to me is everybody's right to vote. >> reporter: for local businesses hit hard by covid, the masters brings much-needed relief. >> every single year, the world comes to our city for the same reason. >> reporter: which is why the mayor of augusta doesn't think moving the tournament would be an effective solution. even if he's a staunch critic of the new voting law. >> i anticipate augusta national golf club will lean into the issues of social and racial justice or injustices in this case as it relates to voting and

. >> 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 past. on friday the longest serving officer said it was totally unnecessary for chauvin to keep his knee on floyd's neck and called it deadly. chauvin has pleaded not guilty. in the

governor brian kemp says the companies are caving to public pressure, claiming these concerns were not raised during conversations with delta before the bill was signed. >> i'm not going to be bullied by these people but i'm also not run ago public corporation. they will have to answer to their shareholders. there is a lot of people that work for them and that have done business with them that are very upset and i will let them deal with that. >> reporter: meanwhile, in michigan republicans have introduced nearly 40 bills that could make it harder for people to vote, even raising the possibility of trying to sidestep an all but certain veto from the state's democratic governor. >> the fact of the matter is this is a solution in search of a problem and it is unacceptable and so if and when those bills get to my desk and they are aimed at making it harder for people to vote they will get vetoed. >> reporter: how exactly could michigan republicans get around a potential vet toe from governor whitmer? there is this quirk this michigan law that allows the legislature to enact a measure with

kemp says the companies are caving to public pressure. claiming these concerns were not raised during conversations with delta before the bill was signed. >> i'm not going to be bullied by these people but also not running a public corporation. they'll have to answer to their shareholders. a lot of people work for them and have done business with them that are upset. >> reporter: meanwhile in michigan republicans have introduced nearly 40 bills that could make it harder to vote even raising the possibility of trying to sidestep an all but veto from the democratic governor. >> this is a solution in search of a problem and it is unacceptable and so if and when those bills get to my desk and aimed at making it harder to vote they will get vetoed. >> reporter: how could michigan voters get around it? there is a quirk in michigan law that allows the legislature to enact a measure without the governor's signature if they can obtain 340,000 signatures. now, democrats have already warned that if they try to force through restrictive measures ther

. >> republican governor brian kemp, who signed the law, is ripping the decision, saying the league, quote, caved to fear, political opportunism and liberal lies. meanwhile the atlanta braves say they are, quote, deeply disappointed, adding this was neither our decision nor our recommendation, adding it had hoped our city could use this event as a platform to enhance the discussion. now, there's no word yet on where the all-star game will now be held. >>> more than 100 million people in the u.s. have now received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. that number is from the cdc, and it comes 109 days after the first shot was administered in the u.s. about a quarter of those who got the shot got it sometime in the past two weeks as more and more states have been expanding vaccine eligibility. the cdc says people can safely hold indoor easter gatherings without masks if everyone is fully vaccinated. cnn's alexandra field breaks down the new guidance for us. >> get set. go! [ applause ] >> reporter: just in time for the easter holiday weekend, new guidance from the cdc. tens of

. >> atlanta governor brian kemp is saying it is liberal lies. the atlanta braves say they are, quote, deeply disappointing adding this was neither our decision nor our recommendation. we hoped our city could use this event as a platform to enhance the discussion. there is no word yet as to where the all-star game will actually be held now. >>> professional golfers association says it's also concerned about protecting the right to vote but it's keeping its big tour championship right here in atlanta in september and the legendary masters tournament is set to tee off on schedule next week in augusta, georgia. bob costas special to don lemon about this earlier. >> so many aspects to it. one that strikes me, 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 aplliance in baseball made up primarily of african-american players but also widely supported by white p

this is what brian kemp said yesterday, listen to this. >> baseball caved to fear and lies from liberal activists. >> he has done a variation on that line a couple of times now. how costly could the backlash to the corporate backlash against this could be? >> i think it will depend on the issue they're fighting against. i think it will be unlikely that there is a backlash against companies like kococa-cola and delta. especially when you look at the overwhelming support that they have in this country not just from corporate america, but for most citizens. i just don't think there is much of a threat. when you take a stand you're sticking your neck out. today if you want to get the right employees to work for you, they are saying they want their companies to do this, this is the way they will be for now. >> yeah, i mean still yet to be decided. we'll wait and see, but thank you so much for your take on all of this, paul, we appreciate it. >> it is worth noting that they are tracking measures across the country and they're finding that 47 states have restrictions. texas, georgia, and arizo

this includes lisa murkowski, georgia governor brian kemp and others who he has expressed disdain for in the months he left office. on top of that, he's actively involved in plotting ways to really codify his control of the republican party. he's leaning on many former advisories in the white house and in the west wing, as he makes those moves. he's talking to people like kelly anne conway, mark meadows, pam bondi, as he really strategizes and figures out what is next for him both in 2022, and even beyond that, and, again going back to the setup here, it's notable to see that president trump doesn't really have an officer do think. he's working out of a convert the bridal suite, where he's holding these strategy sessions where his aides and interviewing candidates to take on republican incumbents who he does not like. >> interesting, because a lot of former presidents take a break from politics once they're out of office. not so the case with former president trump. >>> we are still learning much more about the january 6th attack on the capitol. there's new evidence that law enforceme

. >> meantime, in georgia, republican governor brian kemp is continuing to rail on what he says is a misunderstanding of his newly-signed georgia voting law. cnn's natasha chen joining me now. what did the governor have to say? >> reporter: fred, governor kemp held yet another press conference to defend this voting law that was recently passed. he said the narrative by some democrats calling this jim crow on steroids was false and he said that's a big lie on steroids. now, this law has been criticized for may being it harder for minorities to vote, especially in urban areas, but governor kemp's point here today was that mlb's decision to pull the all-star game out of georgia has disproportionately hurt minorities and minority-owned businesses. here's what he said. >> these are the same minority businesses that are now being impacted by another decision that is by no fault of their own. and it's being moved to a city -- or from a city and a metro area that is 51% african-american, to a city that is 10% african-american. so who is getting screwed in this? it is the little guy and it's

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we're waiting for the governor of georgia and brian kemp to speak more about major league baseball's decision to move the all-star game from atlanta in response to the new voting law. the decision is reverberating across the sports world, and the political spectrum. cnn's natasha chen is at the georgia state capitol for us. natasha, what are we expecting to hear from the governor? >> yes, fred, we're expecting the governor any moment here to step behind the podium. you see a lot of people behind the podium on those steps, including some state legislators hereby to support him. i want to mention i did get a statement within the last hour or so from cobb county travel and tourism talking about the 100-plus million dollars they coul

we're waiting for the governor of georgia and brian kemp to speak more about major league baseball's decision to move the all-star game from atlanta in response to the new voting law. the decision is reverberating across the sports world, and the political spectrum. cnn's natasha chen is at the georgia state capitol for us. natasha, what are we expecting to hear from the governor? >> yes, fred, we're expecting the governor any moment here to step behind the podium. you see a lot of people behind the podium on those steps, including some state legislators hereby to support him. i want to mention i did get a statement within the last hour or so from cobb county travel and tourism talking about the 100-plus million dollars they could potentially lose here. i'm going to step aside now because it looks like governor kemp is starting his press conference. >> good afternoon, everyone. let me thank all of you for being with us today, and i really want to thank so many grass-roots conservatives and great elected leaders who are here with us. yesterday major league baseball caved to fear and l

now we are suffering the consequences because brian kemp and his republican party is still uplifting trump's big lie. >> former president trump still sounds like a sore loser. he issued thi d this statement. -- boycott baseball and all of the woke companies interferes with free and fair elections. are you listening? and this was from former governor mike huckabee. this is almost too stupid, but we'll read it. this is an indication for how crazy it is. i've decided to identify as chinese. coke will like me, delta will agree with my values and i'll probably get shoes from nike and tickets to mlb games. ain't america great? what is your reaction to some of those responses that we're seeing? >> you know what, jim, they're trying to make a joke out of this and minimize the issue at hand. what i look at that is happening right now, this is our civil rights moment. if you ever wondered as a corporation, as a person, which side of the civil rights movement you would have been on, this is your chance to find out. there are no two sides of this issue. you are either on the side of democracy, o

governor brian kemp is calling major league baseball, quote, scared of the white house and democratic activists and so-called cancel culture. >> major league baseball put the wishes of stacey abrams and joe biden ahead of the economic well being of hard-working georgians who were counting on the all-star game for a paycheck. >> well, several large corporations and civil rights groups are pushing back against georgia, saying the law intentionally makes it harder for minorities to vote. >>> and texas is also part of the nationwide effort by republicans to place tougher restrictions on voting. the g.o.p.-led state senate advance add bill to ban drop boxes, limit early voting hours and give more power to poll watchers to videotape voters they deem suspicious. texas is one of the a handful of states that doesn't universally use ballots that leave a little paper trail but can be audited. one of the simplest lines of defense against voter fraud. according to "the new york times," if this form of the bill passes, it will make sure that they don't use such ballots for another five years likely

georgia governor brian kemp defended the law again today. let's watch. >> make no mistake, there were issues that happened on the election, like they do in every election. this year obviously there was more of a spotlight than ever. i think one of the reasons was the pandemic and it changed a lot of things. we had a brand new system in georgia. we had things like drop boxes that we'd never used, at least in recent memory. therefore, there were mechanical issues that needed to be fixed. there were reasons to try to figure out a better way, a more accessible way and a more secure way for us to hold elections. there's nothing wrong with that. we shouldn't apologize for wanting to make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. >> so basically he's saying that, look, part of passing this bill was also building confidence among voters that the election is secure. what do you say to what we just heard from governor kemp? >> that's an extension of the big lie, which is that donald trump won the presidency, and that is a lie. trying to make people think tha