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your thoughts. >> brian kemp is a liar, and brian kemp tried to play a partisan card that you just dismantled for your audience tonight. you will hear republicans, particularly georgia republicans try to compare the georgia law to other states. they like to compare it to delaware because that's president biden's state, other states around the country, the bottom line question, joy, is that under the new georgia law, is it easier or harder to vote in georgia this year than it was last year, and the answer is it's harder. it's harder to get a mail ballot. it's harder to get your mail ballot counted. it's harder for local election supervisors to favorably resolve conflicts for their voters and very importantly, in the urban corridor of metro atlanta, the number of drop boxes will drop from 93 or 94 this past election to 23 or 24 in the next election. >> correct. >> so when brian kemp plays the race card and says this is a democratic problem in democratic communes, what he's saying is black communities, but it's a bald-faced lie and he knows it. >> i feel like what these republicans are doing is

jackie: governor brian kemp under fire for the voting bill, the voting rights bill that he just passed.

he also attacked georgia governor brian kemp, who stood by georgia's a results. trump said he was, quote,

on the other side of that door was governor brian kemp and a handful of lawmakers signing into law an election and voting bill that's been called jim crow 2.0. cannon says the fight continues and she is urging all americans to keep knocking. and she joins me now. representative cannon, i appreciate you joining us. >> hi there. >> you're in better spirits, it looks like, than last time i spoke with you. tell us how you're feeling after hearing you won't be prosecuted. >> after two of the longest weeks of my life, now i'm free from the threat of eight years in prison for simply doing my job. this is something that many americans understand the feeling of, and so i really want to thank people for standing with me in solidarity, texting,

and as you just noted with governor brian kemp's cancel culture. that's been perhaps the most reoccurring theme from republican this year. something we saw a lot fomenting at cpac, and now, perhaps, one of the only viable responses to some of the voting restrictions that we're seeing play out in, you know, dozens of states around the country right now. but, look, this is a law that governor brian kemp actually signed behind closed doors with no cameras there to show what he was doing. it is already shown that it is deeply unpopular. dozens of companies are having a hard time remaining neutral when it comes to -- refraining from commenting on these laws that we're seeing and these restrictions shrinking, early absentee voting, requiring voter i.d.s. so i think republicans are struggling other than to explain this posture of cancel culture. >> jackie, i guess as we talk about that as a potential initial the midterms. i'm thinking about the other news we have this morning that people are getting vaccinated at a pretty solid clip. here, the country is

if you look at the race between stacey abrams and brian kemp, even though both of them were known for their stances on voting rights -- brian kemp being the secretary of state at the time in charge of georgia election policy, d.c. abrams as a national -- stacey abrams as a national voting rights advocate. it turned out to be that way in part because democrats realized, in talking about voting rights, they were concerned it could hamper turnout. it could also energize turnout from voters like we just heard. it is the foundational cornerstone right of democracy. if you tell people that there are no obstacles to vote, they will find other ways to make sure that they are heard. that is why you heard so much in 2020 about a plan to vote, multiple avenues to vote. if you have issues voting by mail, make sure you vote early. if you have issues voting early, make sure you vote on election day. those types of issues will end up energizing democrats. but remember, republicans are rallying around this as well. governor kemp has repeatedly been under fire from donald trump and his allies, and his

kemp was running against stacy abrams and that election ended with brian kemp being elected governor but controversy about the election result just as secretary raffensperger was taking office. then, of course, all the controversies the people know about and that 2020 presidential election in the state of georgia and the role of the secretary in those. welcome secretary raffensperger and what i'd like to do is to begin with your piece because i think people should read it and he's written a new piece for national affairs, national affairs as a journal at the aei association and edited by heads our section on social, cultural and constitutional affairs at aei in that piece just came out in spring 21 issue and entitled the assault on trust in our election. i won't give it all away but it does look at issues related to the 2020 election with trust and belief in the election results but also begins in 2018 with the election that i just discussed with the stacy abrams and brian kemp and in fact, i think the one phrase that set out for me was that you felt a sense of dÉjÀ vu when you wer

brian kemp called it a knee jerk response to cancel culture. i'm pretty sure you just did the same thing with the legislation you just signed that is a knee jerk reaction to your voters. stacey abrams issued her own statement saying i'm disappointed that the mlb is relocating the all-star game but i commend them for speaking out. i urge others in positions of tloip do so as well. they reprimanded. this is a trend that has been repeated in legislatures across the country. they passed legislation that would impose adductional restrictions and allowingllow activist poll watchers to be able to film voters getting assistance. some are making the same mission takes that delta did. they were out quick i will be statements publicly opposing the bill. joining me now is tiffany bill. one of our favorite duos on the television. i have to start with you, tiffany. i'm struck by major league baseball's strong statement here being like we're yanking the game, but also the corporate reaction so quick in texas. you didn't have american airlines waiting around t

governor brian kemp to debate it all is next. don't miss "outnumbered" coming up at the top of the hour. stay close. with interest rates near record lows refiplus lets you refinance to save money every month. plus you could get an average of $50,000 cash. that's money for security today and money for retirement tomorrow. refiplus, it's only for veterans and it's only from newday usa. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ since you're heading off to school, i got you this brita. dad... i just got a zerowater. but we've always used brita. it's two stage-filter... doesn't compare to zerowater's 5-stage. this meter shows how much stuff, or dissolved solids, gets left behind. our tap water is 220. brita? 110... seriously? but zerowater- let me guess. zero? yup, that's how i know it is the purest-tasting water. i need to find the receipt for that. oh yeah, you do. >> i think it's important to remember the context here, the georgia legislation is built on a lie. there was no widespread fraud in the 2020 election. they are not changing their policies, their c

after stacey abrams lost the election by nearly 60,000 votes against now-governor brian kemp, she began this great narrative, her narrative was really two sides of the same coin but it was her narrative was voter suppression. president trump's it was actually voter fraud. it's really two sides of the same coin, that you couldn't trust the election results. somehow for them to have lost it had to have been the election process, it had nothing to do with how many votes were actually counted. so we began my term in 2019 with a host of lawsuits and a whole bunch of new lawsuits that we received from fair fight, stacey abrams' organization. if you look at what she said after she lost the election, she said we will not concede, how could you concede when you know the results were not fair. so that really began a two-year process and she leveraged that into her organizations, fair fight probably being number one of those, raising over $90 million, and then showering other candidates throughout the country with $66 million so far has been expended, because of her narrative has been very profita

and that election ended with brian kemp the elected governor but with some controversy about the election results just as secretary raffensperger was taking office. and then of course all the controversies that people know before the 2020 presidential election in the state of georgia and the role of the secretary in those controversies. so welcome, secretary raffensperger. what i would really like to do is to begin with your piece and plug your piece, because i think people should read it. he's written a new piece for "national affairs," a journal that has an aei association. that piece just came out in the spring 2021 issue. it's entitled "the assault on trust in our elections." and i won't give it all away, but it does look of course at issues relating to the 2020 election and trust and belief in the election results but it also begins in 2018 with the election that i just discussed, with stacey abrams and brian kemp. in fact i think the one phrase that stuck out for me was that you felt a sense of deja vu when you were reliving the 2018 election, in a sense, in 2020. so tell us a littl

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

breaking tonight, brian kemp says he is not backing down. 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

we cannot cross the line and allow politicians like brian kemp to interfere or suppress the rights of people to vote. and so, you know, the boycott is always on the table, reverend al. some have called for a boycott against delta and coke. i myself, and others, feel that because delta air lines has 33,000 jobs in georgia, coca-cola has 9,000 jobs in georgia, 4,000 of which -- or 5,000, actually, are in the atlanta metropolitan area. so when it comes to boycotting those entities, you're talking about people's jobs. but at the same time, when you talk about withdrawing major league baseball and the all-star game from georgia, that sends a very powerful message to the supporters of the people who voted on the laws that brian kemp signed. so i'm hopeful. >> that's the point, it started with these laws. ray, picking up on the congressman's point, for those calling to boycott, there is some concern that these boycotts might actually hurt some of the same people that democrats want to help in georgia. for those who think boycotting is not the best move, then what should be done to protest th

on the other side of that door was governor brian kemp and a handful of lawmakers signing into law an election and voting bill that's been called jim crow 2.0. cannon says the fight continues and she is urging all americans to keep knocking. and she joins me now. representative cannon, i appreciate you joining us. >> hi there. >> you're in better spirits, it looks like, than last time i spoke with you. tell us how you're feeling after hearing you won't be prosecuted. >> after two of the longest weeks of my life, now i'm free from the threat of eight years in prison for simply doing my job. this is something that many americans understand the feeling of, and so i really want to thank people for standing with me in solidarity, texting, calling, emailing, social media posting. it's really made a difference. i also want to thank the district attorney, fawny willis, and her office. they did a auththorough investigation. they looked at the facts and they threw it out. >> your attorney said you'll be pushing for charges of illegal arrest and illegal detention. he says all options are on the

former president trump and governor brian kemp blasting the move and blaming cancel culture. pete: are searching for a deadly attack on capitol hill. police have identified the suspect as 25-year-old know a green who was shot dead after ramming his car into two capitol hill police officers. one was killed while another is in stable

here was the reaction from georgia governor brian kemp. >> this is unbelievable, really, unfortunate today obviously that major league baseball has folded up and caved to the canceled culture and a bunch of liberal -- >> chris: doug, a number of red states, were moving to restrict voting laws. will the blowback from major corporations -- we saw coca-cola and delta and major league baseball did in georgia, in texas where there's also a move to restrict, put new restrictions on voting you're seeing pushback from american airlines and dell computers. is that, you think, going to stop the move to reform voting? >> no, it looks like a lot of republicans will double down and if you're brian kemp, you were worried before this week for being primaried because you were in the wrong side of donald trump a couple of times. one to have unintended consequences politically by major league baseball essentially going to the left of stacey abrams has sured up brian kemp from a primary something that democrats would have avoided and here is one of the challenges that we have here, chris, is we've not

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

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

georgia governor brian kemp, thanks so much for goining us, come back soon. we'll stay on the story. appreciate you coming on the show. see you soon. >> thank you. elizabeth: coming up texas congressman michael burgess, he was also at the border this week visiting with other congressman, disturbing findings, shocking numbers of women and girls sexually assaulted trying to cross the border. caught on camera, dramatically video ruthless human smugglers dropping toddlers over a border wall. why the democrats silence in all of this? where is the democrat action to stop these humanitarian abuses? the story next. >> i have a 3-year-old. my son luke is three. as soon as i saw that video i immediately thought, what if that was my son luke? he would be terrified. he would have no idea what to do. these poor children, guys, they're coming here for one reason, because joe biden and the biden white house has said if you send the kids here we won't send them back. we'll bring them into america. everybody knows that. it is not a secret. it is almost a joke at this point an

here's what brian kemp said. i want you to hear what the atlanta mayor had to say afterwards. >>. >> major league baseball put the wishes of stacy abrams and joe biden ahead of the economic well-being of hard-working georgian who's are counting on the all star game for a paycheck. >> i can't say that i like it. i certainly understand it. and it is really probably the first of many boycotts of our state to come. and the consequences of this bill are significant. >> i can't say that i like it but i understand it. a lot of democratic officials are looking at the money that the state is going to lose, jim, poppy, one more thing. coca-cola provided free products to state lawmakers there. some of the republican state lawmakers said coke, take your products out. coke has come out against this law. coca-cola said we're going to continue focusing on what we can do including federal legislation when it comes to voting rights. >> yeah. well, dianne gallagher, good to have you following this. they seem to be happening every

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governor brian kemp there, former president donald trump. we also heard from florida senator mark erubio talking out. a lot of the common lines is the term cancel culture, is what these republican lawmakers are kind of referring to when they are talk about this action from mlb. if you want to get a little bit of a preview, i think, of what we might hear from georgia governor brian kemp a little bit later today, he was on fox news yesterday speaking about this motion from mlb. take a listen to what he said yesterday. >> unfortunate today. obviously, that major league baseball has folded up and caved to the cancel culture and a bunch of liberal lies, quite honestly. what is more sad, the president of the united states, joe biden, people like stacey abrams labeling the election integrity act jim crow. this is what happens. this is message across this country, they are coming after you next. >> reporter: you hear there governor kemp attacking leaders in the state like stacey abrams. you have heard they are attacking joe biden as well, who had su

it's racist and their part. >> brian kemp, republican of georgia. thank you for being on the program. i want to get your thought and reaction on this right now. >> first of all, thanks for having me back. labeling the committee here jim crow is outrageous quite honestly. and then for the president and the democratic senators to tie the election bill to that is even more just unbelievable. they need to quit lying to the people of our state and the people of the united states. focus on your own state like new jersey and new york that have more restrictive laws than we do. leave georgia alone. our bill makes it easy to vote and hard to cheat. we've been giving free voter i.d. since the mid-2000s. >> harris: i want to bring in some ranking members, chuck grassley who said this about the economic impact. let's watch together. >> there is an organized campaign starting to make business to the people of georgia for their political choices. when partisans and companies collude to ruin the livelihoods of their opponents. there is a term for that, it's econom

we have the governor of georgia, governor brian kemp with us. he is blasting back at president biden and democrat what is he says is their false claims. with us texas representative michael burgess, mayor john mcclock lynch texas and for the o'connell, danny coulson, new york state senator robb earth ort and sheriff mark lamb. president biden politicizing baseball on opening day says he supports moving the all-star game out of georgia. but senator marco rubio is ripping companies like delta air lines what he says their hypocrisy going after georgia while working with china which oppresses muslim uyghurs. on the border, disturbing findings a shocking number of women and girls sexually assaulted trying to cross the border illegally. caught on camera, dramatic video shows ruthless human smugglers dropping toddlers over a border wall. we learned a 10th facility is opening up to handle surge of mike grant children. where is president biden, vice president kamala harris, elizabeth warren, alexandria ocasio-cortez? biden's border czar harris has yet to

brian kemp knew people were unhappy about this. brian kemp knew that this was going to be a problem. and contextually, remember, this is the same guy who got into a fight with delta three years ago, about abortion laws. about guns. they seem to want to keep picking fights with the largest employers in the state. as far as major league baseball goes, look, if they thought it was a bad idea to go to the state because of the politics around it, that's perfectly fine. we've seen that in north carolina. we saw that about gay marriage, ncaa in illinois. we saw that with major league baseball in arizona several years ago with immigration law. what these governors have to recognize is that playing politics with human annoys and offends sports leagues. that's the consequence that they're facing. this is not an argument about some simple partisan issue. this is a fundamental element of democracy. the national leagues decided they will be good citizens. the braves are dumb for criticizing this decision. they should have been quiet. this is be

this comes just a week after georgia's republican governor brian kemp signed a sweeping elections bill that adds new voter id requirements, severely limits mail ballot drop boxes and rejects ballots cast in the wrong precinct. one provision would even make it a crime to hand out food or water to voters waiting in line at polling places. governor kemp signed the bill behind closed doors. he was surrounded by six white men. democratic state representative park cannon who is african-american knocked on cam store saying that the public deserve to witness what was happening. he was then arrested by several georgia state troopers, dragged through the capital and pushed into a patrol car, even as she shouted she was an elected official. >> i am -- >> why are you arresting her? why are you arresting her? why are you arresting her? i'm asking you. why are you arresting her? please. >> civil rights groups blasted the georgia as the worst voter suppression legislation since the jim crow era and georgia . meanwhile a number of major corporations are finally weighing in against the crackdown on vot

brian kemp actually commented on this. actually, we have a clip. so let's play it. >> this is unbelievable, i mean, unfortunate today, obviously that major league baseball has folded up and caved to the cancel culture and a bunch of liberal lies quite honestly and what's even more sad is the president of the united states, joe biden, and people like stacey abrams labeling the election integrity act, jim crow. this is what happens. you know, now you have a lot of small business owners, a lot of great baseball fans, including myself or getting deprived of having the all-star game in atlanta because of the cancel culture. i think it's a message to all of us all across this country that at home tonight, they are coming after you next. they are going to come after your ballgame. they are going to boycott your business. will: by the way brian kemp the governor of georgia will be on "fox & friends" 8:00 a.m. eastern time. rachel, i think you are probably right to some extent that it has to do with corporate elite bubble that many of them find themselves i

short time ago, brian kemp did his best to call out major league baseball and other companies for their criticism of their new restrictive voting law. but we'll explain the reality facing millions of americans who will potentially lose access to the ballot box. >>> right now on capitol hill, flags flying half staff in honor of a capitol police officer who lost his life defending the heart of america's democracy. the new details we're learning today. >>> and did security procedures hold up after scrutiny in the aftermath of the january 6th riots? it's my question to retired lieutenant general russell honore, who led the security review. >>> also, we'll show you the text messages that could end a congressman's career. matt gaetz is known for his devoted fan base, but at the moment, he has few friends in washington. i'll ask the investigative journalist who has those texts what light they shed on the allegations. >>> plus, a highway deemed racist by the president himself. i'll talk to the woman who single-handedly brought this eyesore to the national spotlight and. >>> and how the $2 trill

and governor brian kemp remains defiant, vowing not to back down. >> i want to be clear. i will not be backing down from this fight. major-league baseball, coca-cola, and delta, may be scared of stacey abrams, joe biden, and the left, but i am not. >> so does this corporate backlash, including major league baseball pulling their all-star game out of atlanta serve as a warning to other states right now that are considering their own, restrictive voting bills? we are joined now by greg to discuss, he is a political reporter for the atlanta journal constitution. and eric mitchell, sports analyst and president of life foot media. greg, we will start with you. and you write the georgia house speaker recently admitted what no georgian would ever conceive of. he cracked open a pepsi. you also write georgia house republicans voted to strip delta of its tax break. of course, that later stalled in the senate. but is it enough to cause them to backtrack, or maybe scare others from speaking out? >> that's the goal for -- for these republican supporters of this law is to send, kind of

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

. >> a new law signed by georgia's governor brian kemp imposes a series of new restrictions on elections in the state. >> let's remind folks about what the law does. it shrinks the window for sending absentee ballots, severely limits the number of ballot dropboxes and gives more control to state lawmakers who are majority republican. it also makes it a crime to give water or food to people waiting in line to vote. >> president biden slammed the republican-backed law as sick. >> what i'm worried about is how un-american this initiative is. this makes jim crow look like jim eagle. >> trevor: you tell 'em. then explain it because i have no idea what you're talking about. is he saying eagles are worse than crows? are we all supposed to share his personal bird rankings? this is the most joe biden ever. he's trying to make a point about america's history of racist voter restrictions and, instead, he's got us arguing about birds. look, man, i agree eagles should go but you can't disrespect the crow. you show me another bird that can use tools to obtain food! after losing in november, georgia re

kemp. let's look— making great strides —— brian kemp. let's look at — making great strides —— brian kemp. let's look at the very controversial changes to voting rules in georgia. i think we have a slide we can bring up. it shows that there's going to be id requirements for mail and balance, there will be a limit to the drop boxes that can be put around the state and a ban on giving food and water to voters waiting in line. to people outside the united states, this all seems very curious, that you have authorities around the country trying to limit people voting when surely the aim should be to get as many of people voting is possible. i certainly agree with that strategy. i think the more people to that strategy. i think the more --eole to ., , ., people to vote, the better and i would continue _ people to vote, the better and i would continue to _ people to vote, the better and i would continue to work- people to vote, the better and i would continue to work hard - people to vote, the better and i would continue to work hard to | would continue to work hard to implore — would con

. >>> when the georgia governor brian kemp signed his state's new voting reform bill into law, companies in atlanta and beyond started, well, kind of going, uh, uh, now, wait until you see what's happened with big companies in the peach state >>> and later, when the pandemic overtook us, home buying tanked, but while sales may have bounce back, a historic shift in supply is shaking the entire industry. is shaking the entire industry. >>> the fa, ♪♪ (car horn) ♪♪ turn today's dreams into tomorrow's trips... with millions of flexible booking options. all in one place. expedia. black business leaders in america are taking a stand today against the state of georgia's controversial new voter law. they're calling on all of corporate america to publicly and directly oppose new laws that would restrict the rights of black voters. the two men behind the effort, ken frazier of -- the ceo of merck and ken chinault the former head of american express weighing in this morning right here on cnbc >> americans must vote, black americans must vote, and when it comes to protecting the rights of al

gaat, brian kemp just a few moments ago. he was calling out these companies, major corporations, which are critical of georgia's new voting law. i believe you're calling this kind of politicization progressive fascism. that is strong stuff. you want to make your case, congressman? >> yeah. i think that is the right term to use in this case. some people call it cancel culture. cancel culture is a tool, but it's a tool of the facial independents. what is fascism? fascism regimentation of the economy, of society. suppression of the opposition and it often he will have its race above the individual as well. so what does that sound like to you? it sounds like these woke progressives in every respect. you see antifa roaming the streets calling themselves anti-fascist while they act as facial its. what is happening now the progressives have been able to conscript the institutions in their camp and make them do their buildings bidding for them, whether corporations and get them to spread the lies and propaganda for them. anybody who

brian kemp's number down and that's the sub text of what's going on here. >> thank you both. i appreciate it. >> thanks. >>> next, partisan battle line is being drawn when it comes to vaccine passports and congressman matt gaetz is now fund raising? and an investigation of having sex with an under age girl. (man) i'm phoning it in and just saved twenty percent. (burke) get your policy perks by calling 1-800-farmers. go ahead, phone it in. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ open talenti and raise the jar. to gelato made from scratch. raise the jar to all five layers. raise the jar to the best gelato... you've ever tasted. talenti. raise the jar. you know when your dog is itching for a treat. itching for an outing... or itching for some cuddle time. but you may not know when he's itching for help... licking for help... or rubbing for help. if your dog does these frequently. they may be signs of an allergic skin condition that needs treatment. don't wait. talk to your veterinarian and learn more at itchingforhelp.com. cal: our confident forever plan is possible

up breaking tonight, republican governor brian kemp says he is not backing down. 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 man

brian kemp lynched millions of black voters and they think they go get away with it. no. this is a display of white privilege and white power. instead of helping families during a pandemic, figure out how they can safely cast their ballot, they're taking away voting hours. i feel like it is important that all georgiians understand the law because it is the law. we haven't changed the law yet. it is still current. so i want organizations, statewide and national to help us understand these laws before they come enacted and as they go into practice. >> so texas is looking like the next big battle ground state. it was georgia. now it looks like texas. republicans control all three branches of state government there like they do in georgia. so without protecting voting rights at the national level, what can be done at this point? >> this is a group of national lynchmen who are proposing these pieces of legislation and enacting them into lauflt it is now the time that we lean in and we keep knocking. we have seen what happened in texas. people are struggling to even cope with a