in atlanta university. certainly honor finlandia university and what is the highest level of education you could take. i received my master's degree. wintergreen and you received in hancock of michigan . that degree was a criminal justice degree. after you completed your college studies you returned to the twin cities area this record is that when you 1st joined the minneapolis police department. a prior to that i had worked as a community service officer at the minneapolis st paul airport police department what years did you do that. believe that was from 197-1989 then in 1990 do you join the minneapolis police department i did in what capacity i started my career as a minneapolis police cadet and then. was hired as a minneapolis police officer that year and chief why did you decide to become a police officer. i've been very fortunate to come from a city. a very resilient very welcoming. proud proud people here in the city of minneapolis and my parents taught all of my siblings and me about the service of

and atlanta others have rightly been support there demanding justice for all the unarmed black killed by police in recent years kristen salumi was at a rally in new york. where demonstrators have been gathering in the plaza behind me since the verdict was announced this location where i'm at brooklyn in the heart of new york city has been a centerpiece of the black lives matter movement demonstrators have come here often in the last year in fact you may recall that after george lloyd was killed protests in new york city became almost a daily occurrence in all 5 boroughs of the city demonstrators gathering for rallies like this for tox chanting the name of george cloyd and other people who have died at the hands of police new york itself has a long history of tense relations between the minority community and police officers as well so people here gathering expressing their feelings of relief i would say this is being seen as a victory but only a 1st step as we just heard a lot of the people i spoke to tonight not all of them support abolishing the police i've heard views on both sides

miami atlanta minneapolis of course anybody or not many people who would say this was not a great day a day they were longing for a day which brought them justice and joy because of the verdicts issued by the jury within 10 hours spread over 2 days 4 hours in the 1st day 6 hours in the last in the 2nd day and there was the verdict then off and on all counts guilty for derek showing for the murder of george floyd right here right behind me there's where this is happened that's why this place is called george floyd square and claimed by this community by the way they said this was a normal intersection here this will never be a normal intersection again now this was a politically charged trial obviously a what's the reaction from the biden administration. well the president addressed the nation actually held a speech and he said a very significant thing he says like with all the joy today and the right people have the right to be happy about. the feeling they have about the feeling that justice was served this can only be the beginning or this could be and should be the beginning for a

miami atlanta minneapolis of course anybody or not many people who would say this was not a great day a day they were longing for a day which brought them justice and. joy because of the verdicts issued by the jury within 10 hours spread over 2 days 4 hours the 1st day 6 hours in the last in the 2nd day and there was the verdict then off and on all counts guilty for their issue and for the murder of george floyd right here right behind me there's where this is half and that's why this place is called george floyd square and claimed by this community by the way this was a normal intersection and this will never be an only the search and we get more let's bring in joe hutchinson he's a civil rights lawyer and journalist here in berlin thanks for being with us we saw celebrations across the u.s. following that verdict what's your take on the verdict. well i absolutely understand why people are celebrating this is an event that is all too rare not just that the police officer was guilty but that the police officer was charged by paul so you know i definitely want to reach my heart out to

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now named george floyd square emotions were particularly roll in other cities similar seen marches in atlanta. and. in new york satisfaction at what the black lives matter movement has achieved despite the naysayers all the folks who were nonbelievers for the last 5 years they came out into the streets for what was right and they got a victory we should make no mistake that the protesters we've been hearing from do not agree with the prosecution case we heard that this was not the minneapolis police department on trial what we keep hearing from them is it is the minneapolis police department not only that it's the police departments across the country that were on drugs and this verdict may have brought relief at justice finally served but there was also the recognition that the law would not bring george floyd back she had her town see al-jazeera minneapolis or just as the verdict was being announced police shot and killed a black teenager in ohio police have released bodycount video showing the officers shooting the girl as she appeared to try and stab another person with a knife protesters

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., new york, atlanta, on and on, everybody is looking at this here. what will this verdict be? and don't forget, a verdict is one thing. let's say he is found guilty in one or two charges or all of them. it is the judge who has to schedule a sentencing date where he announces how many years he will put mr. chauvin into prison. you are right. this is a very big deal not just for minneapolis. not just for this state. this is big for the unit states. brent: we also had elected official speaking publicly about this trial. even the u.s. president weighed in on it today. here is what he said after a phone call with george floyd's family. take a listen. >> they are a good family and they are calling for peace and tranquility no matter what that verdict is. praying the verdict is the right verdict. i think it is overwhelming in my view. the jury is sequestered now. brent: the u. president saying and i am quoting here that he is praying for the right verdict. how are those words going down across the united states? >> depends on who you ask. if you ask republicans in washington, they ar

white house says president biden supports major league's decision to move its all star game out of atlanta after new voting restrictions. >> the president has made his view clear. he believes that he has major concerns about the bill passed in georgia, has consistently argued it should be easier and not harder to vote. >> reporter: the law shrinks window for sending in absentee ballots, limits drop boxes available, gives more control of local elections to state lawmakers, makes it a crime to give food or water to people waiting in line to vote. the georgia governor brian kemp says while there was no fraud in the last election the law is needed to keep future ones secure. >> they ignored facts of our new election integrity law and ignored the consequences of their decision on our local community. >> reporter: the atlanta mayor told cbs this morning she respects major league baseball's decision. >> i don't like the fact that we have been put in this position by our state legislature and our governor because the people of georgia will suffer. >> reporter: a number of companies including delta

named george floyd square emotions were particularly roll in other cities similar scenes maters in atlanta. and. in new york satisfaction at what the black lives not a movement has achieved despite the naysayers all the folks who were nonbelievers for the last 5 years they came out into the streets for what was right and they got a victory we should make no mistake with the protest as we've been hearing from do not agree with the prosecution case 3 heard that this was not the minneapolis police department on trial what we keep on hearing from them is it is the minneapolis police department not only that it's the police departments across the country that were on trial and this verdict may have brought relief at justice finally served but there was also the recognition that the law would not bring george floyd back she had. but. that rally in new york. well demonstrators have been gathering in the plaza behind me since the verdict was announced this location where i'm at brooklyn in the heart of new york city has been a centerpiece of the black lives matter movement demonstrators have come

go it alone on gun control >>> the unintended fallout from the mlb moving the all-star game out of atlanta on local businesses >>> and why beloved animal expert jack hanna is stepping away from the spotlight >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone the curious case of the crash that nearly took the life of golf great tiger woods back in february is closed tonight with a simple explanation. he was driving too fast close to 90 in a 45-mile-per-hour zone according to los angeles county sheriff's investigators. today's matter-of-fact report didn't shine light on any other possible contributing factors, and woods himself still on the mend from serious injuries gave the okay for its release after officials first held the report back out of privacy concerns, something the sheriff said today is a legal requirement. miguel almaguer is in los angeles and has late details. >> reporter: it was excessive speed that nearly killed tiger woods. investigators say the golfing great was traveling between 84 to 87 miles per hour, nearly double the speed limit in thi

atlanta is 51% african-american. they moved it to denver, a city that is 9% african-american because they are such woke social justice warriors that they are going to take $100 million out of the pockets of the african-american small businesses and workers in atlanta. it makes no sense. it's dangerous and i do think there is a strong backlash that is building because the american people, when you go to a baseball game, you are not interested in their lecturing you on left wing politics. you would like to see people play a game of baseball. >> ben: the thing that i'm concerned about, senator, we have these handful of institutions that still unite us in american life. and we see them being torn apart by this woke leftism which is taking over all of these different entities that had been unifying elements of american life that we could all go to a baseball game together and cheer alongside each other regardless of race of religion, et cetera. to me, this is something that has to be solved from the bottom up, from the co

in atlanta they were allowed this to happen claiming we're iranis are 1st amendment rights i would say honestly from a large grown confidence point of view i would say that the leaders of the communities should get together with the leaders of the street in local government . in discuss solutions. the u.n. says extraordinary levels of hama been inflicted on afghan civilians in the 1st few months of this year it's revealed the number of civilians killed or injured in fighting between the afghan government and the taliban in the 1st 3 months of 2021 is significantly higher than it was a year ago according to the un in the 1st 3 months of this year there are almost $800.00 casualties almost a 30 percent increase compared with last year when a zation is also worried by the increase in the number of women and children the been either injured or killed they were the longest war in u.s. history could be over by mid september joe biden announced the 11th of that month as the date of the complete withdrawal of u.s. and nato troops from afghanistan adding that they have stayed too long in the co

the pga tour is keeping this fall's tour championship in atlanta as planned lester >> all right, blayne, thank you. >>> let's turn now to our series "the american worker. it's a week of special coverage across our nbc platforms examining how the pandemic has changed our workplaces tonight stephanie ruhle on the crisis within the crisis. the disproportionate job losses for women >> reporter: eleanor fernandez was laid off when the pandemic began. >> i've been working since i was 16 years old. >> reporter: she says the jobs she's found don't pay enough to support her family so the risk isn't worth it >> my health and safety is more important than just making money i want to work i do but i want to be safe at the same time for my family as well. >> reporter: more than 12 million women lost their jobs during the pandemic and over 4 1/2 million have not returned to the workforce. kathy deutsch spent 17 years building her women's clothing store in new york, but covid changed everything >> people just stopped shopping it was just a complete like bottom falling out. >> reporter: she tried every

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the mlb pulls the all-star game and the draft from atlanta, protesting georgia's new voting restrictions that president biden called jim crow on steroids >>> and did the cop use too much force with his knee on george floyd's neck >> it's just uncalled for. >> the longest-serving officer in the department minces no words. >> totally unnecessary. >> day five in the trial of derek chauvin. >>> live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, "the news with shepard smith." >> good evening. keep capitol police and their families in your prayers, that's the message on this good friday evening from the acting chief after yet another one of her officers was killed outside of the capitol and another officer seriously hurt nothing official on injuries but we're told that officer is in the hospital listed in stable condition. here's what police say happened, around 1:00 this afternoon, a man hit two officers with a car before crashing it into a security barricade police say the man then hopped out of the vehicle, wielding a knife. officers gave orders to stop but they say he didn't respond instead police say

major league baseball has announced its moving its all—star game out of atlanta following the state of georgia's adoption of a new law that affects the right to vote. critics of the new legislation claim it makes it harder for black people and other minorities to vote in elections. the announcement comes a day after president biden called for the game — which was set to be at the home of the atlanta braves — to be rescheduled. the sport's commissioner said baseball supported voting rights for all americans. joining me now is baseball columnist bill shaikin from the la times — who wrote last week that major league baseball should move the all star game. i don't know how much credit you can take but clearly some. they have listened to you. are you surprised that they have? i am a little bit. majorly baseball has been in this situation before. ten years ago, there was a controversy of law in the state of arizona and the same calls were made, there had to be a boycott, major league baseball had to move the game, and they went on with the game, and they went on with the game as schedu

the warriors play the atlanta hawks tonight in atlanta. >>> grammy award winning artist the weekend has pledged $1 million to the u.n.'s relief efforts in ethiopia. the canadian singer is the son of immigrants from ethiopia. he writes in an instagram post his heartbreaks for innocent civilians who have been murdered and displaced in the five month long conflict. early november tensions between the ethiopian government and former ruling party of the country's northern area erupted into fighting. thousands have been killed and tens of thousands displaced. >>> still ahead the all virtual s.a.g. awards were held tonight, the historic wins and surprises that could be changing some oscar predictions. >>> i'm meteorologist drew tuma. we've got a cool start to the week tomorrow. we'll have the numbers in the accuweather forecast ahead. people are always finding ways to save money. i learned to cut hair. fortunately, xfinity makes saving easy. and way less awkward... because when you have xfinity internet and add mobile, you can save up to 300 dollars a year on wireless. two great products. one

recognize my partner on the front line in this case where the best lawyer has been own and he hails from atlanta georgia attorney chris stewart. his law partner attorney just a miller. attorney marilyn simmons. aggrey am a solo lawyer has attorney jeff stone. name a share good girl. who asked me guy here it is about here. we have attorney scott masterson who is not present as a turnip avani said michel we got mr is. just a great group of lawyers. and i want to let you know who we have present here with the family here many apis for this historic day we have a george florence brothers we have from lowness flaws we have rodney flawed we have. brandon williams who's george floyd's nephew was more like a son to him they called back in the 3rd war the. blue moon. we have a key to florence for lotuses wife we have oh i dare say no no yes. we got turns far. his sisters who are not with us but we should absolutely acknowledge bridget florida who hails from north carolina his sisters natalia and jaja who hail from houston texas we have his cousins sure rita mcgee teacher mcgee and tamar brown and we have

major league baseball moving the all-star game out of atlanta in protest. the republican governor calling it a cancel culture move. and there are some surprising reactions to boycotts from leading georgia democrats. abc's steve osunsami is in atlanta. >> reporter: it's a strong message tonight from major league baseball to republican lawmakers who just passed and signed new voting restrictions in georgia. baseball commissioner robert manfred jr. is siding with a good number of black americans and business leaders who believe that the new rules are voter suppression, saying, "i have decided that the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year's all-star game and mlb draft." >> major league baseball just caved to the pressure. >> reporter: this week the president came out encouraging this. >> i would strongly support them doing that. people look to them, they're leaders. >> reporter: but this is money and business we're talking about, and even many georgia democrats who fought the new rules are not happy with baseball's decisions.

in atlanta they were allowed this to happen claim in a way right he's your 1st memory right i would say honestly from a logic own commonsense point of view i would say that the leaders of the communities should get together with the leaders of the state and local government sit down and talk in discuss solutions. the longest war in american history could be over by mid september joe biden it's the 11th month as the date of the complete withdrawal of u.s. troops from afghanistan. they had stayed in the country to. we delivered justice to bin ladin a decade ago and we've stayed in afghanistan for a decade sense sense then our reasons for remaining in afghanistan become increasingly unclear we cannot continue the cycle of extending or expanding our military presence in afghanistan hoping to create ideal conditions for the drawl and expecting a different result. the date is however months over the deadline set by a deal reached between the taliban and former u.s. president donald trump in response the militant group reiterated its warning against extending the presence of american troops sa

major league baseball may still be having the game in atlanta. coca-cola could maybe not have come out with the comment they did. this all started because of joe biden making a comment about a law he knew nothing about. mike: david morey, you want to respond? >> disagree. this started when the georgia legislator wrote a law that is really bad with horrendous optics. joe biden is not person opposing this the way the law written now. >> legislation is better than the state of new york as we just heard in the reporter segment. >> i don't know if it is better. >> better than illinois. better than new jersey. there is more of a open period to cast an absentee ballot in georgia than there is in new jersey. democrats typically want to do what they do, have it both ways. if voter turn out is down, if voter turn out is down in georgia it was because voter suppression. if voter turn out is up next year, they were it will be because this law caused more people to go out and vote. typical of democrats. they want to have it both ways. reality this georgia law

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the announcement comes after the league canceled plans to play that game in atlanta . cbs reporter skyler henry on how politics is playing a role. >> reporter: major league baseball announced coors field in denver will host this year's all-star game on july 13th. the mlb says it chose the colorado rockies home stadium because they were already in a bidding process to host the future all-star game. oh we're ready to get this together and have a great experience quickly . >> reporter: the league withdrew it from georgia's truist park. activist are please. >> we are grateful that major league baseball took a look at these issues and spoke up loudly . >> reporter: while georgia's law does expand access to early voting statewide, it shrinks the window for sending absentee ballots, limits the number of ballot drop boxes, and gives more control of election to georges lawmakers, who are majority republican. colorado estimates the all-star game will bring in $190 million , money that would otherwise have gone to the peach state. a number of corporations are joining major league

major league baseball has announced it's moving its all—star game out of atlanta following the state of georgia's adoption of a new law that affects the right to vote. critics of the new legislation claim it makes it harder for black people and other minorities to vote in elections. georgia's republican governor says he is "streamlining" voting procedures and "restoring confidence" in the electoral system. the announcement comes a day after president biden criticised the new law and called for the game to be rescheduled. the los angeles times baseball columnist bill shaikin wrote last week that major league baseball should move the all—star game. i asked him if he was surprised his advice had been followed. i am a little bit. major league baseball's been in this situation before. ten years ago, there was a controversial law in the state of arizona and the same calls were made, that there had to be a boycott, or major league baseball had to move the game, and they went on with the game as scheduled but socialjustice has changed a lot in america, especially after last summer and the

in atlanta they've allowed this to happen claiming we're iranis or 1st amendment right. to moving a program on muslims in france or accusing the government of prying to control every aspect of their lives from what they were to the school their children it's viability recently adopted in the 1st reading in the senate they stated aim of this trough bill is to. me is to bolster republican principles to combat separatist tendencies are to charlotte to penske picks up the story. francis plans to defeat separatism have already caused alarm bells to ring particularly amongst the muslim community they've said that the north seeks to divide and could provoke hatred of muslims now the country's senate has voted to make an already controversial bill well explosive in a bid to fight against extremism senators adopted measures including a ban on parents wearing visible religious symbols if their company children old school trips essentially a ban on he jabs turbans or skull caps the book he would be banned public swimming pools prayers would be banned on university premises so too w

a week earlier, eight people died at a shooting at three spas in the atlanta area. yet again in america nbc's steve patterson tracking the investigation from orange. steve. >> reporter: shep, we learned much today, but i think the number one thing unequivocally that police and officials wanted to get out there is that this was not a random act of violence this was a very targeted crime according to police. the victim and the suspects, according to police, knew each other, that they had a relationship and that factors in to what they're describing as the initial motive one of the things that they're pointing to in that respect is the way the suspected shooter used this crime almost as not -- you want to say a premeditated fashion, that's for a court of law to decide, but that he used bicycle locks to lock both the front entrance and the back entrance both trapping his victims inside and keeping police out while he fired at police arriving on the scene that is a piece of information they made sure they wanted us to know here's how they're characterizing this initial m

reporter steve harrigan brings us more from atlanta. about 100 million americans have now gotten at least one shot of the covid vaccine, and younger people could soon be eligible. on friday, johnson and johnson announcing they've expanded large scale clinical trials to adolescents. they are currently testing it on 16 and 17 year olds, and that will soon be expanded to children as young as 12. the announcement comes just a day after the company was forced to dispose of more than 15 million doses due to a manufacturing error at a baltimore plant. but doctors say that incident hasn't nothing to do with overall vaccine safety. well as we get these child's completed and continue to gather that very specific, rigorous data, we will hav say yes. this is safe and effective and childrenination pl expanding, with dozens of states expected to make all adults eligible by mid april and a growing number of vaccination mega centers are making it easier for folks to get appointments. yes, so it was very convenient, very easy couldn't have asked for any

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major league baseball has announced it's moving its all—star game out of atlanta following the state of georgia's adoption of a new law that affects the right to vote. critics of the new legislation claim it makes it harder for black people and other minorities to vote in elections. the announcement comes a day after president biden called for the game — which was set to be at the home of the atlanta braves — to be rescheduled. the sport's commissioner said baseball supported voting rights for all americans. let's get some of the day's other news. taiwanese prosecutors have sought an arrest warrant for a construction site manager whose truck is suspected of causing a train accident in which at least 50 people died. the train hit the lorry that slid onto the tracks from the building site causing hundreds of people to be trapped for hours. the train was packed with local tourists travelling to celebrate a local holiday and is the island's worst railway disaster in decades. officials from tehran and washington will travel to vienna next week, as part of efforts with other world powe

one was in boulder, colorado, the other in atlanta, georgia. there are a lot of ways we can measure the impact of gun violence. here is the president turning to a number of them. pres. biden: gun violence in america, for those of you who think of this from an economic standpoint, estimated to cost the nation $280 billion, let me say it again, $280 billion a ye. how could that be, joe? hospital bills. physical therapy. trauma counsing. legal fees. prison costs. and the loss of productivity. not to mention a psychological damage done to the children who live in these cits, watching this happen, knowing someone it happened two. ros: president biden has turned the responsibility for this towards the justice department. it has been given 30 days to come up with a new rule on reducing the distribution of ghost guns. 60 days to propose a new role tackling gun modifications. 60 days to propose a so-called red fly law for states. that would give courts a greater power to remove guns from people who are deemed a risk to the community. as you would imagin

. >>> still to come, on abc7 mornings, major league baseball is pulling the all- of atlanta in response to georgia's new voting lawsw. . >>> good morning. thank you for join us. we will start this half hour with another look at the weather. >> good morning to you. breaking up the clouds a little bit in san rafael. it was partly cloudy and there it is. we are looking at temperatures that are in the low 50's for san francisco, oakland and mountain view. the clouds hanging on. numbers in to the north bay. shei say up in the y. up. mid50's the delta. we are getting that cooldown in the inland valleys today. yesterday, wow, it was a cooldown along the coast for sure and the san mateo coast. we will have the low clouds hang along the coast around the beaches, only 50's there in the city. upper 0's, low 60's. we will see upper 60's in san jose and around san ramone. it'll be pleasant where it was pretty warm yesterday. the fog comes back tonight. it starts off our easter sunday. some of you celebrating will get sunshine for the afternoon. we will talk about the rest of the forecast into the fi

., atlanta, they are all on edge. tensions are high. all of those security forces and safety are basically prepared for the worst. everyone is fearing the worst year. nobody wants violence. n it's not what people expect. people here expect a guilty verdict. anything but that is unacceptable. brent: all right, stefan simons on top of the powder keg in minneapolis. thank you. let's take a look now at the other stories making headlines around the world. the russian prison service says they are transferring the jailed opposition leader alexey navalny to a medical facility. he is onhe break of death three weeks into a hunger strike. they warn -- the united states and european union one of consequences if he dies in prison. russians say that his health shouldn't interest the west. more than 100,000 russian troops are amassed near the border of ukraine. the eu policy sheaf said there was a danger of a spark setting off the confrontation and announced that there would be no additional sanctions against russia for the time being. it is the end o

major league baseball has decided to hold this year's all-star game from atlanta. we'll tell you why. kron >> an alarming number of illegal guns have been confiscated guns like these this year. the east bay, it's in the east bay county investigators say the guns are being manufactured and sold on the black market end. they are untraceable. yeah. this is a really big problem for law enforcement and the community kron 4 s haaziq madyun has our story. >> these are photos of illegal ammunition, drugs and confiscated this week by deputies with the alameda county sheriff's office deputies sergeant ray kelly with concerning to us is the amount of guns that were running into on the street just during the course of our duties that this is something that we. >> didn't routinely see, but it's definitely been trending upward and look at our statistics. you see the statistics here for the last year, 2010, you can see the graph here and we're climbing 631 guns in 2020. we're going to surpass that this year. >> he says in this case more guns means more gunshot victims over the co

this year's all-star game was set to take place in atlanta, georgia. but no more believable move the game where that still tbd. but the move is a direct response to the new voting laws passed in georgia earlier this week. the laws, of course, received a great deal of backlash, civil rights organizations. and today mlb commissioner rob manfred said this, quote, major league baseball, fundamentally supports voting rights for all americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box. so the league said it's working on finalizing details for a new location for the game and the 2021 mlb draft as well, which will also be relocated for what it's worth to steen grant gavin newsome did tweet today. hey, mlb, give us a call. so maybe we'll get one here in the bay area. it's already set to be in los angeles next year. so. could work out. i guess newsome has how many ballparks diego. >> anaheim l a oakland's. yeah. 5 option that 5 not not bad. >> there's the jets is a trans saying there's a chance. i think i think there is we'll find out soon. hopefully think there

all-star game has a new home, the mlb announced the game will be played in denver after moving it out of atlanta in protest of georgia's gop new law restricting voting rights many republicans blast it had decision. today president biden told georgia and other states looking to pass similar laws to, quote, smarten up. >>> up next for us, the hug they waited a year for, inspiring america. >>> with so many separated by the pandemic for so long we want to show you what it was like for one couple in colorado, together again at last. here's kristen dahlgren >> reporter: for the past year -- >> i'm here for you honey. >> reporter: this is the closest they could get. donna has late-staple alzheimer's and has been confined to a long-term care facility >> she's the love of my life. >> reporter: carl has dutifully visited three times a week, working hard to bring her a smile. >> there you go. >> reporter: when colorado announced it would allow visitors, carl was giddy waiting to see his high school sweetheart and wife of 55 years our denver affiliate kusa with their cameras rolling for their first hug in a

cnbc's seema mody on the top story, covering the dueling boycotts from atlanta tonight. seema, whole countries talking about georgia's voting law what are you hearing from the actual voters there? >> reporter: shep, here in atlanta, we found mixed opinions, but many expressing a sense of frustration, saying the new law does restrict voting >> it's been very discouraging, you know i mean especially, you know, after we did all we did, you know, with the past elections and everything like that. >> i think it's awful. i think it's a black eye for the state. i think that the only reason they did it was to get people not to vote. it's specific in terms of who it's trying to disinfranchise. >> to be honest, it really sounds like it's another set of jim crow, not to be like that, but to limit the people's voice. i don't think that's right >> reporter: others were in favor of this law, shep, or said that boycotts do not work. meantime, democrats here in georgia including both senators say boycotts will hurt georgia's economy that is still reeling from the effect of the pandemic.

with espn, the president said he would support moving major league baseball's all-star game out of atlanta after georgia passed a controversial new voting law. >> this is jim crow on steroids what they're doing in georgia. >> reporter: two major georgia' based companies, coca-cola and delta aerials, are now taking delta airlines, are now taking the same substance, arguing the republican law was based on a lie and will restrict voting rights. delta c.b.o. ed bastian spoke to delta c.b.o. ed bastian spoke cbs this morning. >> the right to vote is sacrosanct and we can't do anything to send a message to people that we're going to make it more restrictive and harder to have their voice heard. >> 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 w

major league baseball has announced it's moving its all—star game out of atlanta following the state of georgia's adoption of a new law that affects the right to vote. critics of the new legislation claim it makes it harder for black people and other minorities to vote in elections. the announcement comes a day after president biden called for the game, which was set to be at the home of the atlanta braves, to be rescheduled. the sport's commissioner said baseball supported voting rights for all americans. let's get some of the day's other news. officials from tehran and washington will travel to vienna next week as part of efforts with other world powers to revive the 2015 iranian nuclear deal. the us and iran are not expected to hold direct talks but russia has said the talks are on the right track. the iran nuclear deal was scrapped by president trump's administration after he accused tehran of breaking the conditions. india's cricket legend sachin tendulkar has been hospitalised after testing positive to coronavirus earlier this week. the former captain said he had decided to go

the league announced it was going to move out of atlanta because of georgia's new elections law. denver last hosted the all-star game in 1998. in bay area. baseball. the giants are in san diego. they were taken on the padres in the first of a three-game series. let's take a look 4th inning. evan longoria breaks a tie with his 3rd home run of the season. and then in the 7th game is tied. micah scraps key hits one deep to center and that gives the giants leave san francisco holds on in the final is 3 to 2 game. 2 in that series is tonight with the first pitch at least they won. >> the a's still for the entire season so far their struggles continue. they were taking on the dodgers wasn't really a close when the dodgers in fact racked up a seven-run lead after 3 innings. they went on to win by final of 10 to 3 again is still hoping to win one this season. the teams will play again today. so maybe will happen today. first pitch is set for 6.40 out at the coliseum 6.41 the time. still ahead on the kron 4 morning news more and more people are getting vaccinated gas but will jobs require