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

. >> 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

georgia, they come for atlanta. that's where all the businesses are going. the modern day black wall street. so, that's the position that democrats want to go, okay, let's take it. but, the republicans are a problem, also. because although the democrats are factually wrong when it comes to the legislation, the republicans have a problem with the ground game in georgia. and i warned people of this in the past election. i went on air every single day and said there is this surge going on right now with voters and black voters are showing up for the democratic party. so the republicans have to provide alternatives for black america. you have got all these entrepreneurs there that believe in a free market, right? if you really believe in liberty, then go out there and sell it to those people. because, changing this legislation is not going to help you in the next election if they get more people to show up and vote. >> katie: that is a great point, dana, but back to the boycott. you have a number of these big companies

citizens of atlanta. this was projected to bring $190 million to the all star game to the city of atlanta. ushers, concessioners, surrounding businesses they are all sacrificed at the altar of woke politics. pete: all lies with the bill. none of what the bill actually does. stacey abrams runs around saying jim crow 2.0. if you knew what jim crow was you would never make the comparison. it is racist as you pointed out, rachel to insinuate that black people, brown people, white people, anybody can't get an identification when it's free when you need an i.d., delta, to get on your planes or you need an i.d. atlanta braves to pick up your tickets at will call there is nothing racist about it this is a power play and when corporations give, in they are just -- i mean, it's just like a domino effect. they just keep going. rachel: yeah, time for us to maybe boycott the woke corporations. pete: i think so. i mean, a lot of people would have to take a lot of big actions. we were talking about this. i wonder whethe

lawrence: the sad thing happening in atlanta. >> appreciate what you are doing. jillian: the murder trial of derek chauvin, the los angeles police department, the ex-cop's actions against george floyd were called exclusive. taking the stand for the prosecution. >> a normal situation where someone using a counterfeit bill, not expecting any type of force. >> to prepare questions, video shows call with floyd before his encounter with police. he allegedly saw floyd use drugs the same day, hall invoked his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination to avoid testifying. spirit airlines tweets and delete supposed after a video shows on onboard confrontation over masks. watch this. >> more than welcome to. jillian: the family find from orlando to new jersey, their 2-year-old to daughter with my wear a mask. the original post referring to adults not wearing masks. they keep the language a bit more generic. take a look at this massive explosion, surveillance video showing the moment the building partially collapsed. is 61-year-old man was rescued from the second flo

lawrence: president biden going to bat for major league baseball after it pulled the all-star game from atlanta in the new election law. jillian: jackie ibanez here with the president's message as small business owners break for impact following the decision. >> reporter: a lot of people talking about this, the president admitted the removal her georgia workers but said he respects their decision. >> it is reassuring to see that for-profit operations and businesses are speaking up about how these new jim crow laws are just antithetical to who we are. the best way to deal with it is for georgia and other states to smarten up. jillian: when the president was asked about the golf tournament he said it was up to them. the game will be held at coors field in denver. critics know that colorado has similar election loss to georgia with id requirements and fewer days of early voting. the white house says the two are not the same. >> colorado allows you to register on election day. colorado has vote by mail, 200 people in the state who are eligible, they also allow a range of materials to provide even i

atlanta is known as the modern day black wall street. i don't understand how you're going to help black folks when you bankrupt their companies by not giving them more business while they're already struggling during the middle of a pandemic and now you're saying leave, mlb. >> and you're talking about millions upon millions of dollars that the major league baseball all-star game brings into any city that hosts it, lawrence. have you the media that is echoing this lie and chris christie is exactly right. it is a lie what's being said about this georgia voting law. the washington post actually did a fact check of joe biden on this. he got four pinocchios for it. it's the worst possible rating you can get in terms of a claim and the president is lying about this. you have a media that's echoing it. cbs news over the weekend, here's the headline. three ways companies with help fight georgia's restrictive new voting law. so it's activeism, here's how you fight back and it says it's restrictive when it actually expands the law. major league b

it was a huge event for the city of atlanta. it was a big indication that things are getting back to normal. so to have it go away is just, it is very painful. it just reminds us all we're still in this pandemic. we're still in this weird state of business. what it does to me, it is a significant loss of sales and revenue, something that we've been missing for a year. it hurts my employees. it hurts my vendors. there is a lot of pain that will be spread because of this event. it is not just a one day event. it is, for us it is a week of prep and a tremendous loss. a tremendous loss to the city. will: i can't imagine what is has been like to be a small business owner over the past year, to have your business shut down in certain cities to survive riots and now once again on the backs of a political message have your business yanked out from underneath you. brian, we wish you best of luck and we hope you find some prosperous times ahead. >> thank you very much. have a very happy easter. thank you for inviting me. will: you as well

needless to say, the baseball commissioner to yank that from atlanta. we'll take you there when it starts. taking you to the great reopening across the country. a number of companies are already announcing plans to slowly bring their workers back for in-person office employment. martin gross is a partner and attorney at rothchild. mark, very good to have you, by the way. >> good morning. neil: and some are insisting their workers return. i'm wondering where you draw and how do you draw that line? >> so first, good morning, neil. thank you for having me, happy easter weekend to you and your viewers. it's an interesting line to draw. for large companies like google and facebook, they have the resources to make certain that they have a safe workplace, but most businesses are not google or facebook and have to be careful before they go about enacting or implementing requirements for their workers to return to work. neil: so what do you do? they take care of that, how do you make sure that you're balancing some workers who want a mix of, you know, a hybrid w

this is a live look at atlanta from fox 5. a lot of atlanta stories today. one of the big stories there tonight atlanta's mayor says she hopes a new police academy will raise morale on the force and attract new officers. kisha lance bottoms says she wants to build the safety training academy on 150 acres at the old atlanta prison farm. the facility would also support fire department personnel. that is tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ i'm only one call away ♪ i'll be there to save the day ♪ my name is austin james. as a musician living with diabetes, fingersticks can be a real challenge. that's why i use the freestyle libre 14 day system. with a painless, onesecond scan i can check my glucose without fingersticks. now i'm managing my diabetes better and i've lowered my a1c from 8.2 to 6.7. you can do it without fingersticks, too. ask your doctor for a prescription for the freestyle libre 14 day system. and visit freestyle libre.us to try it for free. we made usaa insurance for members like martin.

steve harrigan live in atlanta, what is everybody saying, steve? >> a different strategy and mood there at the four-day tournament beginning this morning. major league baseball commissioner pulling the all-star game out of georgia due to what he says were restrictions on the ballot box from georgia's new voting law. a very different scene in a gusto where they decided to stay put and go forward. delete elder, 86-year-old first african-american to play in the masters was an honorary starter this morning. the strategy in agusta seems to be to stay put and build, not to simply walk away. here's the chairman. >> there have been calls for boycotts and other punitive measures. unfortunately, those actions often impose the greatest burdens on the most vulnerable in our society. and in this case, that includes our friends and neighbors here at a gusto who are the very focus of the positive difference we are trying to make. >> to back that up, a club broke ground on a $10 million community center in agusta. john. >> steve harrigan in atlanta, thanks so much

steve harrigan is live from atlanta. hi, steve. >> the pushback against major league baseball's decision to move the all-star game set for july out of the state of georgia is really spiraling. more and more senators jumping on board. as hunter marco rubio from florida an open letter asking how can major league baseball sign a streaming deal with communist china which persecutes the uighur minority in china and yet they can't do business here in the state of georgia. rubio got personal with the mlb commissioner, rob manfred, in his open letter writing "i am under no illusion you intend to resign as a member from augusta national golf club. to do so would require a personal sacrifice as opposed to woke corporate virtue signaling of moving the all-star game from atlanta." agusta here in georgia. not just the mlb coming under fire, its major corporations whose ceos have spoken out against the law, like delta and coke. here's senator mitch mcconnell. >> with regard to what's been done in georgia, there's a big lie underway th

they say that atlanta is a city that is 51% black as opposed to denver just 9% black. and they point out also in 2016 colorado had voting problems of its own having to disqualify 25,000 ballots due to problems with signatures. a number of georgia democrats are caught in a tough position. they oppose the new voting law and think it's restribtive especially for people of color but also oppose moving the all-star game or boycotting any georgia businesses. the chairwoman of cobb county. >> i think there are people on both sides that agree that everyone boycotting each other is not going to be the answer. looking at civic participation and economic vitality, those two things should not have to be polarized. >> the battle right now is here in georgia but it is already expanding to texas. they passed a bill to already limit early voting. so a fight that starts here getting bigger here is going to expand to several more states in the weeks ahead. bill and dana, back to you. >> bill: good stuff in atlanta. we'll bring in tom cotton. there is a ton to cover in this. let you have

what about the black business owners in atlanta? these are things that i'm contemplating and meditating on and praying about today. ainsley: those are the people getting crushed in this. when you hear that pastors that this bishop for the ame church is pushing these boycotts because these companies were not vigorous enough. why are these pastors playing politicians. >> the pastors have been confused. i'm a christian evangelist. i have been one for several years now. in the 1960s i was a youth organizer fighting for voters rights and fair housing and all of that and then i became a politician. and politically i was still fighting for the down trodden. today as a christian evangelist, i stay in that lane. get out of their lane, trying to boycott and come against things and then they don't even do what we did in the 1960s and 1970s. most of our meetings were in churches. if you see the protest most of the leaders have preacher robes and bibles and seeking the will of god. not the will of politics i think the preachers have been a littl

>> 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

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

moving the all-star game out of atlanta. a move supported by president biden. joining me now for reaction along with fox news legal analyst jarrett is outnumber co-host and attorney emily -- thank you for joining us. emily, i'll start with you. you're a sports fan, and i see these companies succumbing to this rhetoric that's false information and then making corporate decisions that are, in the case of atlanta, going to harm the people of georgia by pulling out major league baseball and the all-star game out of atlanta. >> that's exactly right, jason. the people who end up paying for this are those that were employed by the event that they are pulling out. it's those communities that depended on the retail, on the support by crowds, et cetera. it's exactly what we saw when hollywood decided to boycott georgia and the irony is that there are states with far more drag -- drag conous election laws. they are laying out their social justice line. what about the 1.5 million corporations and entities that are headquartered in delaware that enjoy the law that is protec

we were on this show last week about atlanta. no evidence of hate crime. national democratic playbook. white supremacy, white hatred, this suspect is black. the guy -- >> i said you don't belong here to the woman. he said. >> i'm trying to make a point. outcry last week by democrats related to the suspect being white. white supremacy. this case involves a black suspect. why aren't you focusing on the suspect and where is the democratic outcry? please answer that, please. it's hypocrisy. please. >> number one, i'm not -- >> bill: leo, hang on. >> i'm not a democrat point one. point two, i say with great specificity i identify the perpetrator in all of these crimes. that was a black man. i tell you something else. a good friend of mine known to bill, a woman in television lives a block away from this incident happens to be korean, asian american, wonderful, high functioning beautiful woman, a television star has to walk around with sunglasses because she is afraid somebody will see she is asian and attack her. >> bill: the point is we're talking about none o

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charles watson is live in atlanta with more details. >> johnson & johnson certainly had a lot on their hands, the georgia department of health having to temporarily shut down vaccination site after eight people experience adverse side effects after receiving their johnson & johnson shot in the same situation in north carolina and colorado officials there put a pause on vaccine sites administering j&j shots after 30 people between the two states had side effects like nausea, dizziness and fainting, despite those cases north carolina department of health says the cdc analysis is no safety issue with the j&j vaccine and recommended continuing to administer doses with as j&j set to dramatically decrease shipments. the company will ship out 86% fewer doses as this was a production issue at the same baltimore production site where 15 million doses of the vaccine were mistakenly ruined earlier this month and according to cdc data, 700,000 shots will be available to states this week, a huge decline from the 4.9 million j&j shot that were shipped out to state a week ago. >> we've been speaking

steve harrigan's live in atlanta, steve, what happened? >> bill, come to fort lauderdale this came to light last month but the school system hacked by a criminal gang. that gang operating out of russia, eastern europe no extradition. they froze the servers and stole personal information. initially they demanded $40 million in bitcoin. that demand has gone down to $10 million as the two sides have come back and forth. the district at one point offering $500,000. this copy has targeted towns and hospitals in florida. but lately they have been focusing on school district. school districts have lack of cybersecurity and it's gotten weaker due to remote learning. right now, broward officials stressed no money has been paid, no personal information has been released, and they engaged a cybersecurity firm to try to fight this hat, bill. >> bill: well met, steve harrigan what a story there. thank you from atlanta today. >> fox news alert job reports for march came out about 15 minutes ago and checked this number out, 916,000 jobs added last month

steve harrigan is live in atlanta. steve. >> jon summer classic supposed to be behind me on july 13th that is not going to happen now. the commissioner of major league baseball said he made his decision after talking to ball clubs as well as players after georgia passed its new voting law. the commissioner said that law restringts access to ballot box. georgia republican governor brian kemp was angry at that assertion he says another example of cancel culture. here's georgia's governor. georgia and all americans should know what this decision means it. means activist are coming if for your business and for your game or event in your hometown. and they're coming to cancel everything from sports to how you make living. >> reaction to the move has come in from across the political spectrum for president obama tweeted congratulations to mlb for taking a stand on behalf of voting rights for all citizens. there's no better way for america past time to honor great hank aaron who always led by example. now for georgia democrat

the hold out of atlanta last week in protest of the new election laws due to restrictions on voting by mail and id requirements. >> it is unfair to hard-working georgians, small business owners not only here but across the country this great sport, america's pastime is politicized. we have spineless corporations that won't say we are not engaging in that. >> reporter: critics include delta airlines, coca-cola headquartered in atlanta, the new laws are new restrictive, republicans say will backfire. >> we will see how they do when half the country puts coca-cola come equipped using delta. they are all woke but they are doing something that is against the financial interests of every business. they make billions of dollars, hundreds of millions doing business with the communist regime of china guilty of atrocities, genocide. they don't say a word. jillian: the controversy made its way to texas where 40,000 fans packed the stance for the rangers opening game. governor greg abbott refused to throw out the first pitch, it is shameful america's pastime is being influenced by party politics.

atlanta is the modern day black wall street. i don't understand how you help black folks by making sure that they don't get a financial incentive. pete: well said, lawrence jones. one more story for you at the top of this 8:00 hour, 5:00 pacific time, new york city, crime and homelessness speaking in this city as it is in many other democrat-run cities, the smell of weed, walk one or two blocks good luck trying not to be hit by it, it's true but there's a video that came out on tuesday, filmed on tuesday, excuse me but it came out on twitter just yesterday, that shows the type of environment law enforcement are dealing with here in new york city. here is a video of just a random street corner in new york, men harassing nypd officers. watch this. >> what's your badge number? what's your badge number? oh, i like that. i like that fact. that's a gift for you! get out! move! [chanting] will: well that kind of example might be extreme. it reflects an attitude of culture that has been encouraged in places like new york city, fostered

major league baseball moving the all-star game out of atlanta over a new georgia law intended to ensure the integrity of elections after the unprecedented circumstances around last year's pandemic election. major-league baseball supports voting rights for all americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box. there access to voting continues to have our game's unwavering support. the wall street journal coming out with another scathing review. the league has cleared the majority is racist and anti-democratic. we suppose he will have a new friend in the white house. mister biden is the order and mister manfred salutes. welcome to the democratic baseball league, so much for healing and uniting the country. donald trump adding his voice, quote, boycott baseball and all of the woke companies that are interfering with free and fair elections. are you listening, koch, delta and all? more on that straightahead. investigating uso sparking a lockdown after officials, controversial perimeter fencing, heroes officer and suspect i did. chad program starts us off tonight. >> it is the second majo

atlanta is 51% black. denver is 9.2% black. the mlb is moving the all-star game out of atlanta, which has more day-of-voting rights than colorado. the wokes are at it again, folks. keep in mind, he is the only african-american republican senator from the great state of south carolina. this is just an impulse reaction. these are all these companies that are patting themselves on the back saying good for us. we did the right thing. we moved out. although it is built on a lie. it is not correct information. colorado is stricter than georgia is. and guess who is hurt? guess who doesn't make the money the people who would have worked those games. own the hotels the businesses and restaurant. just crushing to all those individuals. steve: we heard from the governor of georgia yesterday regarding those people and the people of atlanta where that stadium is located, the governor said it is 51% african-american. and they are moving the all-star game to denver, colorado, where they're 10% african-american. ainsley: not even that, 9.2. st

the fact of the matter is it's a red herring. >> the pull all star game out of atlanta. >> it happening to our game of baseball.

let's talk to you about atlanta. the mlb has moved the all-star game from atlanta now to colorado and they are in denver at the coors field stadium and when you look at the difference, and the voting rights, it's actually easier to vote in atlanta or in georgia than it is in colorado. colorado, they only have 15 days of early voting. georgia they have 17. both states, you have to have an id to mail, to vote by mail, and to vote in-person. so there's really, it's actually the voters in georgia have more benefits than the voters in colorado so why are they doing this? >> well i think it's a total disaster for major league baseball. i think they are alienating their fans and here is the problem. you have the political left that will push narratives. you'll have corporate media will further the narratives regardless of facts and now you have major businesses and sports leagues adopting this narratives and taking huge consequential action as a result. what major league baseball is doing will hurt people in atlanta and i'm

jillian: new york city and atlanta where it is a beautiful day. todd, i don't know if that would have been the best shade of dress color for you, but maybe the style. todd: you don't think that green would have accentuated whatever color my eyes are. jillian: good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm jillian mele. todd: i'm todd piro. kamala harris speaking out on the border crisis blaming the trump administration once again. jillian: doug luzader joins us live from washington. doug, good morning. >> reporter: jillian and todd, good morning. when you dive into the polling numb burkes it's clear that border security and immigration are real weak points right now for the biden administration. vice president kamala harris plans to meet virtually with the president of mexico next month. she's been tasked with trying to solve the problem. over the weekend, she said she is trying to figure out how to go down to the border but she's blaming covid and other of issues for the delay. she is also blaming the trump admini

a major league baseball moving the all-star game, and 21 draft out of atlanta over a new georgia law intended to ensure the integrity of elections after the unprecedented circumstances surrounding last year's pandemic collection. major league baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all americans, and imposes restrictions to the ballot box, robert manford says, adding, their access to voting continues to have our game unwavering's support. if "wall street journal" tonight coming out with another scathing review, the league has cleared george's elective majority as racist and antidemocratic. it has done economic to stomach harm to this state, although we may have a new friend in the white house. welcome to the democratic baseball league, so much for healing and uniting the country. like this evening, president donald trump saying, what got baseball and all of the local companies that are interfering with free and fair elections. are you listening? coke, delta, and all. we got more on that straight ahead were investigating what happened today when driver rammed a security gate

fox five in atlanta the u.s. supreme court rules unanimously for georgia in its long running dispute with florida over water. the court rejected florida's claim georgia uses too much of the water that flows from the atlanta suburbs to the gulf of mexico. justice amy coney barrett wrote for the court saying florida failed to prove its case. fox news 2 in san francisco is one embattled school board member is suing her colleagues for tens of millions of dollars in damages. alison collins says she is the target of a smear campaign to label her a racist. many civic leaders have called on collins to resign over tweets before she was elected suggesting asian-american students and parent benefit from white supremacy and stereotype of being a model minority. she says her words were taken out of context. and this is a live look at new york from our affiliate fox 5, one of the big stories there tonight, legendary singer, song writer paul simon sells his entire song catalog to sony music plusing. financial terms not disclose

major league baseball wants to boycott the whole state of georgia, including atlanta. they're doing it because they don't like a republican law, a law that expands voting, doesn't contract voting. georgia has more early voting than new york has. it's ridiculous. even the facts don't meet what they're trying to do. my point is, yeah, if they want to boycott us, let's boycott them. if coca-cola wants to only operate in democrat states and wants only democrats to drink coca-cola, god love them. see how they do when half the country quits drinking coca-cola and half the country quits using delta. they're all woke but they're doing something against the financial interest of every business. publicly traded businesses don't get involved in politics because it hurts their bottom line. >> martha: exactly. you know, i think we can find ourselves -- i think we're already divided. as i said before, wait until there's red soda and blue soda and red airlines and blue airlines. it's amazing. these publicly-traded companies have a responsibility to shareholders to make most money the

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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

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everybody does business in atlanta. the mlb is doing a major piece of business in atlanta for july. they were going to have the all-star game. it was a celebration with fans returning to the stadium but the passing of the great african american ball player, probably the greatest, hank aaron that died this year. amid that, the controversy over the georgia voting law. you have people like president biden calling it a new jim crow. stacey abrams also a voting rights activist credited with turning the peach state blue the last election, coming out against this law. lebron james, the basketball star, also a voting rights activist against the law. put that together, the mlb commissioner manfred said that these activists would turn it into a circuit and political debate over this law, take away from what major league baseball is, a game of relief from all the pressures of day-to-day life. here's what we know. stacey abrams and lebron james. stacey abrams herself and lebron james did meet with senior mlb officials to advocate that the league denounced new voting laws and the commissioner be

right now in atlanta, it is 9. you are going for a high temperature today of about 50 degrees on this holy thursday. ainsley: it is maundy thursday and that word is mundy comes monday maundythursday on this ds washed his disciples feet and he gave them their last command which is to love one another. brian: i was going to say that but i guess you took my line so i have got nothing to say. ainsley, you might as well tell us what's going on. ainsley: good morning to everyone. happy holy week 7:01 on the east coast. disturbing video shows ruthless smugglers dropping toddlers over a border barrier. brian: another facility is opening up to handle the surge of migrant children. steve: mark meredith joins us live from the white house. mark, you know, the white house has said don't come now but apparently nobody is getting the message. >> steve, ainsley and brian, good morning to you phis, they certainly have been talking about ways to fight back against the migrants efforts that we are seeing from the central american cou

they have done damage to the people of atlanta. it's because their world is confined to things like social media, not the real world that atlantans live in. >> martha: we've seen the impact on football and we've seen the impact on basketball of wokeness and we'll see if there is a boycott of major league baseball as a result of this. dan, thanks very much. good to see you today. coming up, scientists that say forget the w.h.o. we want an independent investigation of how the virus began in wuhan, china. the united states state department former lead investigator believes that the virus likely came from a biological weapons program in china. he's back with more on that in a moment. age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for immune support. boost® high protein. . >> martha: two dozen scientists and researchers around the globe now want and independent investigation into the origi

estimated cost to the city of atlanta, $100 million from moving the game from atlanta to denver. andy, i don't know if you see the differences between the complaints about the georgia bill and estimate lates to similarities to the bill in denver. what do you think of the game yanked out of atlanta and given to denver? >> this is going backwards instead of forward. will: what does it do to your business there, andy. >> as darrell said we've going through, we got ourselves through covid running small businesses. everybody, you know, we're looking forward to going up instead of going back down. will: absolutely. and you have of course a restaurant, seafood and po boys, darrell, i assume you had pretty big expectations for that weekend? >> certainly. it is a weekend. it is not, they said the all-star game but it is all-star weekend. well-said. will: darrell, let me ask you this the complaints over the georgia bill, the reason the all-star game was moved from atlanta were designed, at least what they were sold as protections for african-american voters in georgia. you are african-amer

and when you move it out of atlanta, especially atlanta, and you go to colorado, which, you know, we all know the difference there with the voting right and all that, it's just not the same. and it's not fair to the game of baseball when you have one knuckle head who is trying to act like biden, i think, you know, 9 way i see it, they are just trying to change the game and changing the rules and it's not fair. jedediah: david, you know, it seems obvious to me that the leagues would know that if they got increasingly political they were going to marginalize some aspect of their fans, some people were going to be turned of off, and maybe not want to see politics and maybe just enjoy a sport. why do the leagues do it knowing full well that by doing so they are losing some people? >> they are all drinking at the wrong kool-aid, if you ask me. but, to me, it's -- i don't understand. it's a mystery. because why do you want to take away the integrity of the game first and foremost? but, people love the game of baseball. i mean, i loved it growing up since i was 6 years old playing. going to

i mean atlanta is a great place to play baseball. i don't watch baseball anymore, brian, i refuse to watch it because of this. i don't want no part of it and this was my life. for me to not even want to go baseball game or watch it, it kills me because i don't put up with that kind of crap and i don't condone it. steve: how many people on the republican side now people are going to regard baseball as a blue state sport. brian: yeah. steve: georgia democrat some of them reached out to the white house after are joe biden pushed for the boycott and said that is not a good message for us. they got to the deputy chief of staff jen o'malley dillon and stacey abrams and senator jon ossoff both said hey, white house, we want you to know that while you are pushing that, we are going to say we oppose the boycott because the people we need to vote for us wanted the all-star game to stay there. brian: no one is buying it. steve: it's not going to poll well for us we are not for what joe biden just pushed. ainsley: what are you supposed to believ

correspondent steve harrigan is in atlanta for us tonight. >> president biden's choice of words to describe georgia's election law is drawing ire from republicans. >> the president has made a very serious accusation. he has said everybody who believes in having an i.d., showing an i.d. before you vote is a racist. >> biden's rhetoric hearkens back to the days of the segregated south. >> these new jim crow laws are just antithetical to who we are. >> south carolina senator lindsey graham says he has heard enough. >> i think it's cheap. i think it's sick for the president of the united states, joe biden, who has been a friend for years to say that what they are doing in georgia is jim crow .0. >> jim crow was a pejorative term for african-americans used to describe laws that disenfranchise and physically segregated blacks in the south until 1965. the three-day baseball all-star event is estimated to bring inasmuch as $100 million leading many small business owners in atlanta disappointed. >> it is going to devastate black owned business, minority business who had a piece of the pie into that

. >> think about the possibility of baseball moving their all-star game out of atlanta? >> today's professional athletes are acting responsibly. i would strongly support them doing that. the very people who are victimized the most are the people who are the leaders in these various sports and it is not right. this is jim crow on steroids. kevin: mister biden throwing his support behind potential relocation out of atlanta, georgia of major-league baseball's all-star game this are. other big companies facing increasing pressure from the left tonight to get woke and go broken break from any guys of support for the peach state's new election integrity law. delta's ceo saying, quote, i need to make it crystal clear that the final bill is unacceptable and does not match delta's values. let's get reaction from the author of the upcoming book woke inc. and cochair project 21 boris cooper. tell me. is the money with this thing and why are we hearing companies like coke and delta on a topic like this? >> a couple things. we are watching, the numbers are in, the nba, major league b

from atlanta to colorado, they do have a voter i.d. law that's not as strict as george appeared in the meantime, texas governor says he's looking forward to throwing out the first pitch at the texas ranger's home opener tonight against the toronto blue jays. but then changed his mind in the wake of major league baseball's decision to move the all-star game from atlanta because of george's new voting laws. baseball commissioner made the decision after talking with players and the players alliance, and organization of black players formed after the death of george floyd. critics say commissioner manford and the league clearly did not do their homework, because the law in no way limits their voting rights or access. here is the georgia g.o.p. chair, watch. >> this bill has been so maligned with disinformation and misinformation campaigns by stacey abrams, the president, alleys, and media. they are making decisions on falsehood. mlb should be interested in filling the bases, not supporting. >> now the texas governor is taking it as a swipe

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

nba all-star game out of atlanta. it will spread to florida, arizona, texas, whatever is deemed a red state will be deemed never to be hold a major sporting event again. >> harris: biden might not be in the white house if not for minority voters. it will crush those businesses. let's look at the list. other companies and organizations that have criticized the georgia voting law. we aren't saying they're boycotting but criticizing. that's where these things sometimes can start. i say sometimes. we can't tell the future. from what you're saying, atlanta, all of georgia can be hurt by these decisions and i want to point out who did their homework on denver? who did their homework on colorado and compare the voter laws? i.d. required in colorado like georgia? yes. to vote in person. sometimes you have to bring a picture i.d. if it's your first time. in colorado 15 days of early voting. less than the early days of voting and fewer than they have in georgia. 17 to 19 there. >> i don't think many of these companies really st

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

i grew up in a inner-city neighborhood in atlanta, georgia. i never had a problem with any police officers. one my brother got back from vietnam, the first thing he wanted to do was become an atlanta police officer and i was very proud of him. that's what we need to get back to, having trust and confidence in not having the media trained on a minor police officers out there putting their lives on the line for us. >> laura: police of all backgrounds, ethnicities and colors and experience trying to do their best. they're not perfect. but my goodness this is just -- it's heartbreaking and infuriating at the same time for minnesota tonight. gentlemen, thank you. more updates on the ground from minnesota as protesters have started to chant f your curfew at the cops. brilliant. what's really behind the announcement that democrats are going to seek to pack the supreme court. an angle later in the hour. a angle later in the hour. struggling to manage my type 2 diabetes was knocking me out of my zone, but lowering my a1c with once-weekly ozempic® help

kristen hahn, welcome to both of you. >> kristen, pressure force the major league baseball game out of atlanta you expect other pressure groups to follow that example. >> we are talking about the president saying woke culture, i'm not exactly sure what he's talking about you have a lot of companies taking a look at what's going on and in this country we've been through difficult year and i will with a lot of major airlines and others looking at things that they can do to help people in their workforce and communities around them. but i don't know that that pressure exist. mike: i recognize the major league baseball commission would have a major problem if they did not show for the all-star game but do you worry about the signals this consent to others seeking more cancel culture. the left is very good at extruding these pressure campaigns and they make companies very nervous and create the appearance of risk and if your company or like a ceo, makes these companies think they are catering to the majority but is really a vocal minority and we as a party and a right as republicans need to flex an