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it's the lead story in the atlanta journal constitution. it talks about how we know that democratic politicians are behind this law. but, also, there are a number of religious leaders in atlanta, they have told businesses we are going to boycott you. we are going to have our people boycott you unless you go ahead and you publicly denounce this law. well, now they are tapping the brakes on the threat of boycott. they are going to have a virtual meeting with these big businesses next week like home depot, aflac. brian: coke. steve: they already talked to coke. in fact pitch shown reginald jackson of the ame sixth episcopal district spoke with representatives at coke and also at delta last week and they said okay, we don't want to boycott. we are going to come out and say these things. now what he is doing is saying we are not going to boycott your businesses but your businesses had better, according to the atlanta journal constitution, you had better go ahead and denounce this law or else. brian: but why? they just assume that minorities don'

the atlanta journal constitution described a scene that showed how personal things had gotten. quote, moments after gaveling the legislative session to an end early thursday, house speaker stood before a bank of tv cameras and admitted something that many lifelong georgians would never say publicly. he purposely cracked open a pepsi. it won't be a surprise if either company doesn't have a seat at the table when it comes to policy decisions going forward. i mean, currently the two most famous companies in georgia, does the hypocrisy of these snowflake brigade know no bounds. they lecture us for being too thin skins, on the need for free speech, so why this ridiculously hostile response to the delta ceo's freedom of speech? they're probably not going to be happy that other corporate leaders are also exercising their right to free speak, like tim cook who said today american history is the story of expanding the right to vote to all citizens and black people in particular have had to march, struggle, and even give their lives for more than a century to defend that right. gosh, i w

"atlanta journal-constitution" poll found nearly 3/4 of voters want additional voter i.d., including 55% of liberals and 2/3 of blacks. we have senator marco rubio saying delta air lines your hypocrisy is stunning because you're still working with china still oppressing muslim uyghurs, numerous people in population. companies like delta air lines, coca-cola. the state of georgia is moving to rescind a tax break for delta air lines, is that true? are you going to do that to other companies. >> that was a movement in the georgia legislature last night and the session has ended so that a moot point. i would ask the ceos, mr. chenault, mr. frazier, ed bastion, mr. quincy look at other states that they're doing business in or where they reside and compare the amount of -- we have 17 days of in-person early voting in georgia. we increased more opportunities on the weekend. we have no excuse absentee voting by mail. some of those states and folks i just mentioned, they're living, doing business in states that you have to have an excuse to vote. so i think if people compare georgia to any ot

"the atlanta journal constitution" did an analysis this week and found the reason why the state vaccination rate looked better than the national numbers we are seeing is the state is using a smaller population estimate when calculate are their vaccination rate. this is something we found in our own reporting when looking at albert county, georgia, where the cdc said only around 8% of the population there is vaccinated but the state data says that number is 23%. >> priscilla, thank you. >>> let's head from georgia at the low end of vaccination rates to west virginia, with one of the highest. joining us now, republican governor jim justice. governor, you have been on top of this, ahead of this vaccine rollout since the beginning and now you have changed strategies, offering a $100 savings bond to young adults who get vaccinated. how is that working? >> stephanie, we're just in our infancy on this. i would tell everyone, there's no silver bullet here. when it really boils right down to it, what west virginia did, we got way out ahead of this thing, led the nation in every way. every single sta

today the atlanta mayor issues an executive order to try to combat sb-202, the atlanta journal reports, the order will enact efforts. earlier on this network, the mayor explained what that means. >> the rules of the game have changed and it's so important this people understand the parameters we are now forced to operate in in the state of georgia. we send water bills to thousands of customers, residential and business customers not just in atlanta but in surrounding areas. we are going to educate people on how you can get the i.d. you need to register to vote, what are the new rules on absentee ballots and just provide as much information as we can to help counter what's being done at the state level. >> back with us tonight, former obama campaign manager and senior campaign manager to president obama. he's on the board of directors@obama foundation. good evening to both of you. david, on one hand, atlanta is just one piece of georgia. on the other hand, democrats winning the nine counties around atlanta have been sort of the biggest pickup in terms of democrat, votes in georgia. so t

atlanta journal constitution. >> hi, i'd like to go back to the question about -- for states that do not have yet the national rate that are below average should there be different guidance for us? i'm calling from georgia. >> i think the general guidance is to ensure that people start getting vaccinated. we do know that if you are vaccinated it is safe to be outdoors without masks. >> next question. >> kristen welker, nbc. >> hi, everyone, thank you so much. firstly, can you address if the risk of being outdoors is so low why doesn't this guidance apply to everyone? and secondly, while rates of vaccine hesitancy are dropping you still have about four in ten americans who say maybe or no, they're not going to get the vaccine. how do you deal with that hesitancy? are there any new strategies you're looking forward? >> dr. walensky. >> you know, we still believe as people are in small gatherings, medium size gatherings, when they are unvaccinated you're at risk, you have people who are at risk of severe disease so we do believe in those settings masks should still occur. certainly any

. >> what did the voters of georgia say "the atlanta journal constitution" asked voter i.d. end of january 75% of those actually polled supported an, in fact, two out of every three black voters support it and 90% of people making under $25,000 right, the two very groups that supposedly stacey abrams is all worried about support voter i.d. so, there is no reason why the mlb should have pulled out. we deserve an apology and quite frankly we ask the mlb to reverse their decision. >> exactly. ainsley: maybe they will. pga is sticking by their guns they are staying. >> good for them. >> thank you ashley, good morning. ainsley: you are welcome. coming up with migrant facilities overrun and border patrol overworked, the pentagon is now approving a third military base to house migrant children. congressman darrell issa is begging cbp officers not to quit their jobs. he going to join us next. before nexium 24hr, anna could only imagine a comfortable night's sleep without frequent heartburn waking her up. now, that dream... . ...is her reality. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts

. >> sandra: "the atlanta journal-constitution" had to issue with correction as they set about that georgia voting law so we await the senator joining us at the top of the hour. >> john: a lot of people took things from the early version and never bothered to amend it with the final version. if >> sandra: a fema program meant to keep people safe during the pandemic is getting extended. this despite the growing number of people getting backdated across the country, look at how much this is costing taxpayers. >> john: plus, multitrillion dollar spending plan raising red flags for deficit who wonder if all of that cash really will go to roads and bridges. we will break down the president's plan with larry kudlow coming up next. >> just being charitable about 15% of this bill is addressed to infrastructure. the rest is climate subsidies and social welfare stances. there may be something in here from murder hornets for all that i know. at novartis, our goal is to help keep cosentyx accessible and affordable. if you're taking cosentyx and your insurance or coverage changes or you need help paying

journal, that have called into question the accuracy. a lot of joe biden's remarks about this , including the washington post, giving him four pinnochios for misrepresent ing it but on and on it goes. where do you see other companies going and responding to this? >> well you know, corporations don't want to get involved in politics. it's not healthy for their bottom line, remember michael jordan's old line that even republicans buy sneakers. that being said, they are clearly feeling pressure from their customers, and they are responding to that. this reminds me of the debate over hb-2 in north carolina back in 2016, the bill that banned trans people from the bathroom of their gender identity. the ncaa pulled tournaments out of north carolina and a bunch of corporations publicly pressured the state reverse that law, which they eventually did. now, georgia governor brian kemp has been less willing, i suppose , to rollback this bill, the speaker of the state house came out with a pretty angry statement as well, and frankly, it works in thei

host: here is the atlanta journal-constitution. when president joe biden arrived in georgia today, he will be commemorating his first 100 days in office. he will also be taking a victory lap in the state that put his expensive legislative agenda within reach. biden is set up to visit former president jimmy carter in his hometown of planes and headline a driving rally in gwinnett county the day after rolling out a sweeping $1.8 trillion plan to expand access to education and bolster family assistance programs that will be partly financed i higher taxes on the wealthiest americans. that is coming up tonight, that driving rally coming up life tonight. you can follow it live on the c-span app. reporter: i want to keep you updated on the news. the associated press about 10 minutes ago, the number of americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 13,000 last week to 553,000, the lowest level since the pandemic hit last march, and another sign that the economy is recovering. this also from the associated press. the recovery from

according to greg bluestein of the atlanta journal constitution, abrams did speak with a senior league official prior to the change of venue. in that conversation, abrams reportedly reiterated her position against boycotts. mlb officials say the league has been having conversations with politicians from both parties and the commissioner's decision was not based on a single conversation with any given political leader. so, mike barnicle, this is in line with what we were talking about yesterday. again, stacey abrams, of course, she objects to the law in georgia, did not want to see an estimated $100 million of revenue leave her state, hurting many of the people she's worked her life trying to help. so how did this go down, exactly? was it the pressure from players who were telling the commissioner's office they wouldn't show up for the game that ultimately forced them to move? >> i think that was part of it, willie, certainly, the pressure from the players association. also part of it was rob manford himself. i think he wanted to bring baseball literally into the 21st century. baseball

not surprisingly, according to a nonpartisan analysis by the atlanta journal-constitution, blackened brown voters have been impacted the hardest by many of these changes and our 20% more likely to miss voting because of the long distances they are forced to travel. mr. chairman, i would like to enter this into the record with your permission. can you explain why the closure, changing, and consolidation of voting locations without doj preclearance can be so harmful and white john lewis voting rights advancement act, to remind everybody what we are here to discuss, we are discussing restoring section four and five of the voting rights act to preclear changes to election procedure and law that may have disparate racial impact. why is racial -- restoration so vital to ensuring harm is not done by the closing of polling locations like those we have seen in georgia? stacey abrams: we have seen more than 214 polling places close. we have seen a number of consolidations. we have seen a number of shifts. in clayton county we saw at one point -- in macon county, added attempt -- an attempt to

"the atlanta journal constitution," 63% of african-americans think you should have an i.d. this is about gaslighting and fear among entering for hr 1. i'm tell you guys, this is about getting rid of the filibuster and passing hr-1 and that power grab. pete: political power, you are absolutely right. congressman and colonel michael waltz, thank you so much for being here. >> happy easter to all of you god bless. rachel: you too, take care. pete on this easter eve turn now to a few additional headlines. bowling green has fraternity with six conduct violations related to student hazing deaths. sophomore died days days after being hazed fraternity event last month. the fraternity is under interim suspension as officials continue to investigate. and dr. fauci pushes back after he was challenged on his claim that we may need to wear masks in 2021. >> come on, let's get serious about this. that was taken totally out of context. >> you don't think that's right. you don't think should have masks in 2022. >> we don't know and i'm not saying they will. pete: fauci initially made the c

"the wall street journal" hammering their leaders tonight as woke and weak ceos, referring to george's new law, the journal says the state provides far more days of early voting than new york. it offers no excuse absentee ballots unlike mr. biden's beloved delaware. george's new law puts limits on drop boxes, but as deltas ms. sebastian regrets pointing out, it also makes them part of the permanent voting system. in 2019, those drop boxes were illegal. hello and welcome to "fox news @ night," i'm shannon bream in washington. white house corresponding kevin corke starts us off there tonight with the pressure coming from the president and progressives on these red states. good evening, kevin. >> a lot of pressure indeed. for all this talk as a candidate about being a unity president, it seems at least aspiration has given way to retribution for mr. biden, at least that's how some critics see his treatment of the nation's red, blue, political and policy divide. >> president biden: well, that's a decision they've made. i think it's a mistake, they should listen to dr. fauci and the scienti

because of political pressure because of the left the wall street journal editorial pointing out the debate has become as to a falsehood, propaganda and panic, part of the blame lies with the tart under partisan distortion of democrats and their media echoes and part with ceo of major companies who are uninformed at best or cowardly at worst, joining me now kim straw soul every friday for the wall street journal and on the same subject today. kimberly first of all, the lies coming from the president about the georgia law reducing voter time that is simply not true it's the opposite isn't it. >> exactly has to do with the numberer of days that you can ve on weekends, that is more and also anything from having more poll workers to keep lines lower more drop boxes prior to last year's election georgia didn't allow drop boxes and always codified into law one of the things that is remarkable to me just make the comparison to joe biden's own state in delaware if he's talking about how george's law is jim crow on steroids while delaware doesn't allow half of what georgia allows in terms of

hurt will be the atlanta stadium workers and venues. and charles payne says it will be out of the pockets of business workers and hank aaron was supposed to be honored there in atlanta and now he'll be honored in colorado. neil: and certainly major league baseball moving the all-star game to colorado and they'll be playing that in denver, coors field. colorado governor joins us right now. and thank you for taking the time. >> thank you. neil: i was thinking of the home run hitting contest is going to be something to behold in colorado with the thinner air and having said that, the notion that this was something that georgia should have expected and the mlb should have been, you know, warning ahead of time that this was going to happen, they did, it's a done deal. now the game is going to be in colorado, but some are afraid that it's mlb is sending the wrong signal, what do you think? >> look, in colorado we see opportunity and we seize it and as you said, this is going to be an epic home run derby july 12th. a mile above sea level, the

"wall street journal." they are denouncing george's legislation law but have they read it? that is from the editorial. >> look, it is very interesting if you look at it carefully. the left is desperate to have elections that they can rig. and they are going all out. they put out a surge of things like you pointed out. these are plain lies. this isn't complicated. you go to the bill, you look at the bill and you can vote on sunday and light and said you couldn't. you can vote early and they lied and said you couldn't. you can't get water in line, they lied and said you couldn't this tells you h.r. 1 corrupt politicians act nationally and it all out effort to set up this as erickson wrote, designed to ultimately and make the filibuster because they will never pass never pass h.r. 1 while the filibuster is there. i think if people learn what is in h.r. 1, they will be so angry and being totally misled. and i think president biden credibility is in tatters. you read what is staff rates, and he has no idea if it is true. in the case of the georgia build the things that biden sai

the wall street journal him a leaders as woke at week ceos, the journal says the state provides far more days of early voting the new york, offers no excuse absentee ballots unlike delaware. who is really suppressing home. georgia's new law puts limits on truck boxes but also makes him a permanent part of the voting system in 2019 before covid those drop boxes were illegal. welcome to fox news at night. white house correspondent kevin cork starts us art with pressure coming from the president and progressives on these red states. >> a lot of pressure indeed. for all his talk as a candidate about being a unity president it seems aspiration has given way to retribution for mister biden at least that is the way some critics see his treatment of the nation's red blue political and policy divide. >> that is a decision they made, they should listen to doctor fauci, scientists and experts, but i think it is not responsible. >> mister biden with a brush back. aimed at the texas rangers baseball club. it is a mistake for the club to plan to have a full capacity crowd for the rangers home opener a

when you're from atlanta, you drink coca-cola, root for the braves, and want to work at cnn. i have fulfilled that dream. in my 20s and 30s, it's been ape lonely climb. i was huddleless for over a decade. i had some singular extraordinary girlfriends. but gayle, i realized, honestly, after -- this two-day window, we talked about this the other night when you helped me launch my book. it got me thinking. the two days between being in embedded in the trump motorcade on inauguration day, january of 2017, the ethics day back on the clock for cnn and covering the women's march and being surrounded by half a million women, that was my aha moment of, a, something special is happening with collectives of fwhim cou women in this country. look at the pictures. no one knew how many women would show up. >> you said it was life changing for you -- >> it was life changing for me. it was because i realized that i wanted to be very intentional about dedicating my life to covering collectives of women, one, and two, i stood there like, okay, reporter hat off, would i have had a you head told