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

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

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

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

. >>> 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

it sounded like brian kemp wrote that statement for them, to be honest. but a question people have asked me on twitter and dms about voter suppression is saying, look, if we want to stop this then have college athletes say i won't play for colleges and state where is there's voter suppression. have professional athletes say we won't come to states where voter suppression is enacted. is that a realistic solution? should we be laying the failure of democracy at these young people's feet? or applying pressure until we bring this racist policy to a stop? >> it's unfair to ask unpaid labor being the amateur athletes to kind of stop what is the natural transition into their college careers. and some of them, of course, have pro aspirations. it's unfair to ask them to put that burden on them. even though we understand that we want it talk about a measure pressure point, yes, their decision to stop going to the university of georgia and others in the state. that would be to choose and nonetheless, there's strategic pressure. we have seen this blueprint for what m

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

just a short time ago, georgia governor brian kemp said he will not bow to pressure from major league baseball or anyone else. but georgians of good faith of all races tried to purge trumpism from their midst. president biden is counting proposals to reclaim republican hearts and minds, unveiling his $2 trillion infrastructure package this week amid immediate pushback from republicans who take issue with these tax hikes on corporations to improve conditions for america's poor and working class. later in the show, i'll talk to the point person for the president's plan, newly appointed and confirmed housing and urban development secretary marcia fudge. but first, georgia is on the nation's mind. and joining me now is democratic georgia state representative park cannon, who was arrested for attempting to observe georgia's voting suppression law being signed by the state governor, brian kemp. and with her is her attorney, gerald griggs, who is also a civil rights leader, vice president of the atlanta chapter of the naacp. now, first, state representative cannon, i want to say i'm glad to

that is state representative park cannon knocking on the door of governor brian kemp and then being handcuffed, arrested and dragged away. behind that door, governor kemp, seen here, surrounded by six white men and sitting beneath a painting of a slave plantation signed one of the most draconian voter suppression bills in the country. state representative cannon was charged with two felonies for merely trying to witness that pernicious history. in a few minutes she'll join me live for her first interview to discuss that ordeal and the very real felony charges still hanging over her. we begin with day four of the murder trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. after days of dramatic and emotional testimony about the events leading up to george floyd's death, today we learned more about who george floyd was. not just the person millions of americans have watched taking his last gasp of air under chauvin's knee. the woman floyd had a years-long relationship with we learned about his life, his faith, the jobs he held and his love of being a father. we also learned about a struggle

it's a secure, accessible, fairway to do it >> that was georgia governor brian kemp defending the state's new voting law amid pushback from powerful corporations those georgia businesses are speaking out against the restrictive voting measures. coca-cola ceo james quincy called the legislation, quote, wrong, unacceptable, and a step backward delta airlines ceo ed bastian wrote in a memo to employees, the entire rationale for this bill was based on a lie, that there was widespread voter fraud in georgia in the 2020 elections. this is simply not true. unfortunately that excuse is being used in states across the nation that are attempting to pass similar legislation to restrict voting rights the statements come as activists threaten to boycott atlanta-based companies saying they didn't do enough to stop the law from being passed. as we just played governor kemp is pushing back saying republicans had worked with delta when crafting the bill, and at no point did the airliner raise objections with his office about some of the controversial provisions in a move seen as retaliation, the republica

. >> that's brian kemp, pushing the lie that georgia's law is to make it easier to vote and anybody who says otherwise is trying to cancel georgia, i guess. republican party as we said is radicalizing against democracy, lost an election with highest turnout in recent memories and set themselves to doing everything to make it harder to vote, in the hopes, possibly misguided, it will help them win. this isn't happening in back room. we've all watched it, watched them propagate the toxic big lie that the election was rigged, leading to violent insurrection that killed a police officer. that was built on decades of lies from the right about prevalence of voter fraud. now republicans in state after state are using that to change the rules of voting. they'll feeling the backlash because the power grab is so transparent. caught in the act attempting trumpian gas lighting but they know what they're doing and we do too. the georgia bill not determining outcomes, guaranteeing that republicans will win or turnout will go down, there's all sorts of dynamics involved, but it is true that state is ru

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

. >> you know, amy, it was interesting to watch governor brian kemp yesterday. he seemed he was relieved not having to deal with donald trump anymore and bracing this aspect that he can court his base again. at the same time, you know, it does feel georgia is in a good state. do you think these boycotts will have an effect? >> i don't know that they will. i think what they do the reenforce the sense as you pointed out, chuck, that there are two georgias as there are in so many of these states, where you have the economic engines of those states, which are becoming bluer and bluer, including the suburbs around those major areas and more rural and small town that are becoming more republican. and the other issue, i think, that is really important to appreciate is that voters also are seeing this really through the lens of politics, that they believe and i've said in a couple focus groups and i heard from conservative leaning voters, sort of the mild of the road to liberal swing voters is they all think this is being done by both parties in order to win. one voter

. >> part of the issue is that people need to see the things in black and white and governor brian kemp said there is nothing jim crow about the law. the president himself said it feels like jim crow laws. what is your take on whether it is or isn't. >> well, i would say it is. i did grow up under jim crow laws. remember, they never said that black people can't vote. that would have been clearly unconstitutional and illegal and out of bounds. on the face they applied to everyone but they were designed and they were enforced to deny voting rights to african-americans. you know, if this is not a verbatim repeat of that, it is a close rhyme. because that is the purpose, in essence, of the new restrictions. and let's not forget that the new voter law is based on a lie. the whole thing stems from the big lie about voter fraud in the 2020 election and never, ever happened. >> let me ask you about joe manchin. we are now switching to talking about the filibuster. i said it before and i will say it again. no circumstance i will vote to eliminate or weaken the filibuster. the time has come to us

brian kemp has been governor and secretary of state for the past 10 years. he presided over the rules that governor over the november election and defended them through january. he knows full well this was a secure election that represented the will of the voters. let me bring in michael wald man, president of the brennan center. we've been quoting your statistics. i think it was 253 voter suppression laws in 43 states. you have come out with new data and there it is 361 restrictive bills in 47 states as of march 24th. >> yes. first of all, again, happy easter and thank you for having me on. this is a very concerted, very intense drive to enact voting restriction laws in georgia but across the country. these are laws that aim with uncanny presession at voters of color, young voters, and poor voters, as has been said, they're driven by the big lie of the election of 2020 was extraordinarily successful despite the pandemic and voter suppression, it had the highest turnout since 1900 and department's own department of homeland security said it was the most secu

she was nonetheless dragged from the state capitol after knocking on governor brian kemp's door as he was signing into law some of the strictest voter suppression law in our country. her arm is in a sling. she's facing up to eight years in prison if convicted. just today, the texas state senate passed its own law making it harder to vote in texas. with us with more, brittney packnett cunningham, former member of president obama's 21st century policing task force. these days, among other things, she hosts the podcast called "undistracted." stewart stevens back with us as well, he's now with the lincoln project. good evening and welcome to you both. brittany, let's begin by listening to bishop reginald jackson of the georgia ame on what's going on in georgia. >> we take note of the fact that yesterday delta airlines and coca-cola made public comments in opposition to sb 202. and while i am pleased with their public comments, let me also say that it is a little too late. >> so brittany, it is true. delta, first time out, fumbled the ball. they later corrected and they can have with an an

a month ago georgia governor brian kemp signed one of the most restrictive bills in the country, after they handed the keys to the white house and the senate. we have ufatt and clinton cane campaigns. i'll begin with you. joe biden makes a beeline for georgia right after his speech to congress. what does this say about georgia's place not just with democrats, but really the whole place when it comes to the economic future? >> i think it says that the debate has been settled and georgia is one of america's most embattled states. we could also say there is an acknowledgment, a recognition, that the reason the biden administration is within grasp of making progress on its agenda and due to black voters and voters in georgia not only showing up in november but making history by sending senator warnock and senator ossoff to washington, d.c. when we think there are over 60 bills that have been passed by a margin of less than two votes, the story, the narrative, the impact of georgia voters is continuing to show up throughout the legislative agenda. >> literally -- we say all the time, your v

and then you look at republicans and i think that brian kemp is sensing an opening there. he is really, you know, feeling that it is a good position to be in as someone trying to run for governor next year with a target on his back from donald trump. >> boycott in the end workers and that is a false choice and a bad move. taking advantage of the division within the democratic party. on the other hand, on the republican side i do not -- i mean i think they are trying to roar very loudly, including governor abbott. this is the culture war of the moment and it resonates so much with their voters. i do not see that republicans will actually carry through on their threats to retaliate through government power in to corporate and private sector to try to take away anti-trust protections. are they at the same time trying to protect corporations and opposing biden's infrastructure proposals? of course they are. where are the contributions going to come from in the future? do they really believe that they are going to be able to generate most of their political donations from small

remember, she is the lawmaker who was knocking on governor brian kemp's office door when he was signing the controversial new voting lieu. state cops, this is the shot, arrested her, had to literally at times drag her out of the state capital. here she is a little bit ago. >> at that moment i had no clue what was happening, and i am not ashamed to admit that i was afraid of what might happen. the recurring questions flooding my mind were, why are they doing this? >> the sports world and corporate america pushing back against the new law, too, as president biden now says he supports calls to move the mlb all-star game out of georgia because of it and ceos of delta airlines and coca-cola, both based in atlanta are slamming the law as unacceptable. this goes way beyond georgia. according to new numbers out this morning, lawmakers introduced 108 bills to restrict voting in less than five weeks this spring. by late march you had some 361 restrictive election bills in 47 state legislatures. that's 108 more bills than in the center's last count in february, a 43% increase. nbc's blayne alexand

i want to use both of your skills here to listen to what the georgia governor brian kemp said this morning on fox news about the cancelling of the mlb all-star game in atlanta. i want to listen to this carefully because he makes reference to the reason for the cancellation. he actually addresses the big lie and let's talk about it on the other side. listen for those words. listen for the big lie. >> it is terrible for the fans, it is terrible for the small business owners in the metro atlanta community and our state that was looking forward to hosting this game, and it put a lot of resources into it. all because of a big lie. this is just the cancel culture, and i'm going to tell you the people at home should be scared because their ball game is next, their business will be next, their way of life will be next. it is time to stand up and fight this and just say, look, we are not going to take this anymore. it is ridiculous. >> governor -- >> kimberly, that's some wild code in there. the big lie is known to be the lie about fraud in the election. he called -- he is talking about a big lie b

and the governor of georgia, brian kemp, says there is nothing jim crow about the law. the president said these feel like jim crow laws. what is your take on whether it is or isn't in. >> well, i think it is. i did grow up under jim grow laws. remember, they never said, you know, black people can't vote because that would would have been clearly unconstitutional and illegal and out of bounds. what they were are laws on the face that applied to everyone but they were designed and enforced to deny voting rights to african-americans. if this is not a complete and verbatim repeat of that it is a very close rhyme. because that is the purpose in essence of the new restrictions. and let's not forget it is based on a lie. it stems from the big lie about voter fraud in the 2020 election but never, ever happened. >> mike, let me ask you about joe manchin. he wrote in the "washington post" today and now we are switching to talking about the filibuster. there is no circumstance in which i will vote to eliminate or weaken the filibuster. the time has come to end the political games

now delta airlines and coca-cola have found themselves in a fight with the governor brian kemp after the restrictive voting rights bill was condemned, they are looking at increasing taxes on the company in retribution. senator marco rubio called the companies "woke corporate hypocrites." joining us now is jake sherman. an msnbc political contributor. jake, good morning. great to see you. this is an interesting turn of events at part of the evolution of the republican party. the fact they are not on the side of the big companies in the fights is remarkable. do you see this as a realignment for the companies with democrats essentially? they seem to be at this point fighting -- the biggest war going on among the republican party right now. these ideas of voting and trying to tighten restrictions. >> good morning, kasie. i think number one, corporations do not weigh-in on just any issue. they weigh-in on issues that are seen as matters of equity and i would say voting rights is the biggest in that category. this is an issue that is very big for pretty much everybody and the details of th

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

governor brian kemp blasts major league baseball for moving its all-star game out of the state in protest of the new restrictive voting laws. >> in the middle of a pandemic, major league baseball put the wishes of stacy abram and joe biden ahead of the economic well-being of hard-working georgians who were counting on the all-star game for a paycheck. >> more republican-led states considering similar measures as corporate america faces pressure to take a public stand. >>> former president donald trump in the midst of another controversy, explosive new details on how he took advantage of his own supporters while seeking donations for his 2020 presidential run. >>> we're heading into day six of testimony in the derek chauvin trial tomorrow. the minneapolis police chief in a rare move, taking the stand against one of his own. >>> and hunter biden opening up with heartbreaking new details about his addiction and his brother in his first tv interview since his dad took office. >> good morning, everybody. it is sunday, april 4th. i'm lindsey reiser. >> i'm kendis gibson. vatican city have been

the georgia voting restrictions which were signed into law by gop governor brian kemp who's now whining about cancel culture, were put into motion by donald trump's lies about the election results. that was lieutenant governor jeff duncan. he's a republican, by the way, who's willing to call out the law as being based on rudy giuliani's disinformation. now, this should serve two purposes. one, a warning to republicans in states like texas, also considering laws predicated on the big lie, like the one passed out of committee today, which makes it a felony for an official to give a voter an absentee ballot application if they did not first request one and two, a sign of comfort to corporate ceos being harassed these days by whiny republicans for opposing voting restriction laws. the misinformation is also at the center of billions of dollars of lawsuits from dominion and smartmatic voting equipment companies. it's also at the center of a warning of a heightened risk of domestic violent extremism from this country's department of homeland security. and of course, it incited the deadly insu

brian kemp spoke out over the weekend to defend this voter law saying it makes elections more secure and saying that he is not going to walk away and remaining defiant. take a look. >> i want to be clear. i are not be backing down from this fight. and neither are the people here with me today. we will not be intimidated and we will also not be silenced. major league baseball, coca-cola, and delta may be scared of stacey abrams, joe biden, and the left, but i am not. >> i think you're absolutely right when we said we're only seeing the beginning of the backlash for this. you're seeing stronger language from corporations. more people essentially pushing back. more lawsuits coming out in court. yes we saw mlb pull out of the all-star game in georgia. there has been similar calls for the pga tour to do the same thing. we heard that this chip that is championship is going to remain in atlanta. they're not moving that tower this fall. >> live for us there in atlanta, blayne, thank you. >>> there is chaos around some plans to pull out of two mass vaccination sites. now you have local groups

governor brian kemp defended the law in an interview yesterday. >> i understand that they have public companies and they have boards that are pressuring them, but that still doesn't change the truth and the fact that this bill expands voting access, especially on the weekends in georgia. it uses a voter i.d., which is free for absentee ballot with mail that will speed up the process. it requires county elections officials to continuously tabulate -- >> governor -- >> -- to get every vote counted. and it's a secure, accessible, fair way to do it. >> i love the voter i.d., but a lot of republicans are against vaccine passports. yep, yep, yep. our next two guests have been stepping up the pressure before some of those companies began to speak out. joining us now, former general counsel and vice president of labor relations communications for u.p.s., terry plummer mcclure. also with us, senior associate dean at the yale school of management, jeffrey sonnenfeld their recent opinion piece for "newsweek" is entitled, "as georgia goes, so goes the nation." it reads in part this, "many of the

and look at republicans and brian kemp is sensing opening there, so feeling this is a good position to be in as someone trying to run for governor next year with a target on his back from donald trump. he's appealing to republicans in his state and some at any point voters who think this is wrong thing to do, to boycott -- boycott's effect in the end, like i said workers, that's a false choice and bad move. so taking advantage of the division within the democratic party. on the other hand, on the republican side, i don't think -- i think they're trying to roar very loudly, including governor abbott because this is the culture war of the moment and resonates so much with their voters, but i don't see republicans are going to carry through on threats to retaliate through government power in the private sector to try to take away antitrust protections. are they at the same time actually protecting corporations and imposing biden's infrastructure proposals? of course they are. where are their contributions going to come from in the future? do they really believe they can generate them from

kemp refused to back down in a press conference yesterday afternoon. >> we will not be intimidated, and we will also not be silenced. major league baseball, coca-cola and delta may be scared of stacey abrams, joe biden and the left, but i am not, and we are not. [ applause ] >> georgia state representative donna mccloud joined me just before that press conference yesterday and warned that that quote, this dog is hollering because it got hit. certainly seems like an apt metaphor for the foe and failing reaction from governor kemp who thought he could pass the voter restrictions of the cover of a stolen election and voter fraud but got hit. and waging war on his own citizens right to vote is costing him. people are watching. the nation saw march 25th what amounts to assault under a picture of a slave plantation by the way. as it happened this scene played out right outside his chambers. democratic state representative park cannon, elected georgia official, led away in handcuffs. arrested by state police after knocking on governor kemp's state house door. the purpose for knocking argue

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

kemp's office when he was holding a private signing statement for the voting restrictions bill. we saw that footage of representative canyon being handcuffed and then dragged through the georgia state capitol that night by state troopers. all for the crime of knocking on the door of the room where the governor was holding the signing ceremony on that voting bill. the white republicans signing the voting rights rollback while seated in the front of of a slave plantation. park cannon really was that is rafael visiting her in jail after arrested. she was charged with two felony counts. she was looking at years in prison if convicted on those counts. after reviewing all the evidence, i decided to close this matter. it will not be presented to a grand jury of indictment and it is now closed. while some of representative cannon's colleagues and the police officers involved may have found her behavior annoying. such sentiment does not justify a presentment to a grand jury of the allegations in the arrest warrants or any other felony charges. the biggest employers are repulsed by what r

republican governor brian kemp of georgia, a ringleader of the latest gop voter suppression efforts responded with a statement that reads in part, georgians and all americans should fully understand what the mlb's knee-jerk decision means. cancel culture and woke political activists are coming for every aspect of your life. sports included. i will not back down. joining me is the democratic mayor of atlanta, keisha lance bottoms. most of the atlanta area opposes the new voting law by senate ke their businesses will bear the brunt of this decision of the mlb to pull out. this is a tough line for you to walk. >> it is. just as the elections have consequences, so do the actions of those elected. the irony is the governor opened up the state in the name of economic recovery with everyone else when the cdc said it was too early. now he signs this law and he's effectively hurting the economy of our state. so it's unfortunate. it is obviously an affront to access the right to vote. now he's impacting millions of georgians with this action. >> how do you think this plays out? given the fact, you know

he also attacked georgia governor brian kemp who stood by georgia's results. trump said he was, quote, disappointed in mike pence for certifying the election. the associated press reports that some attendees were left feeling uncomfortable. one of trump's chief defenders former house speaker knute bring grip told the ap we are much better off if we keep focusing on the democrats, period. yeah. the third ranking house republican liz cheney who voted to impeach trump in the wake of the capitol riot did not attend the rnc fundraiser about had it to is a i about the former president's remarks. >> the former president is using the same language that he knows provoked violence on january 6th. as a party we need to be focused on the future, we need to be focused on embracing the constitution, not embracing insurrection. >> okay. joining us now republican strategist michael steele, he served as a top aide for former house speaker john boehner. good morning to you. there is so much to talk about here. i want to -- let's bring your former boss into the conversation for

that is state representative park cannon knocking on the door of governor brian kemp and then being handcuffed, arrested and dragged away. behind that door, governor kemp, seen here, surrounded by six white men and sitting beneath a painting of a slave plantation signed one of the most draconian voter suppression bills in the country. state representative cannon was charged with two felonies for merely trying to witness t

. >> georgia's governor brian kemp responded to the decision by the league to pull the game out of atlanta. here's part of what he said. >> 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. >> i'm not sure the governor's argument holds a lot of water. i mean the major league has not canceled the all-star game. the all-star game is still going to be played. it just won't be in atlanta. >> that's exactly right. the all-star game will be moved. and there's actually precedent for this. a few years ago the nba moved the all-star game out of chicago -- i'm sorry, out of charlotte after north carolina passed hb2, which was the bathroom bill that prevented transgender individuals from choosing which bathroom they move. it was repealed and the next year the all-star game came back to charlotte. nothing has actually been canceled in this case. >> sports and culture writer for

activists have been shouting from the rooftops for weeks but it wasn't until brian kemp signed that into law under a painting of slave plantation while a black official was dragged off by armed men and then corporates started to treat this battle like what it is. on wednesday more than 70 black business executives fired off an open letter and corporates standing idly by on the side lines, the message was clear, quote, there is no middle ground here. you either are for more people voting or you want to suppress the vote. that is part of what was in there. on friday, major league baseball announced it will pull the all-star game. joining me now is one of the black executives who started a corporate movement. ray mcguire, good morning, thank you for being with us. >> good morning, thank you for having me and happy easter to those who are observers. >> let's talk about this letter. what got it started. it is one of the few times we've seen so many current and former senior executives, corporate leaders, wall street people like yourself rally around a particular cause and have a real call to

georgia's republican governor brian kemp responded today that delta never raised these objections before kemp signed the bill into law. he said the statement by the ceo stands in stark contrast the our conversations withal company like, oh, they're super against it announcement they didn't tell us that when they talked about it before i signed it. here's the question -- with delta and coca-cola and ceos belatedly stepping up, they didn't understand the magnitude until the georgia bill was passed, does that mean these companies are alerted now to the danger of this kind of legislation that they are ashamed now enough about their late reaction in georgia, that they're going to be willing to play a role to get voting rights protections passed in washington because that's how you could actually make a difference in georgia right now. there is a live bill in d.c. right now to protect voting rights, including to block some of the worst provisions in the georgia bill but that voting rights protection bill in the u.s. senate needs help getting through the u.s. senate right now, and some of those

kemp's office while he was holding a private signing statement for the voting restrictions bill. we all saw that astonishing footage of representative cannon being forcibly handcuffed and then dragged through the georgia state capitol that night by state troopers. all for the crime of knocking on the door of the room where the governor was holding the signing ceremony on that voting bill. she was on the outside getting arrested while the governor was on the inside of that door with six other white male republicans signing the voting rights rollback while seated in front of a painting in front of a slave plantation. representative park cannon really was not just handcuffed and hauled off. she was taken to jail that night. we played footage on the show of raphael warnock visiting her in jail that night after she was arrested. she was charged with two felony counts. looking potentially at years in prison if convicted on those counts. but the state prosecutor in fulton county, georgia, released a statement saying that after a thorough investigation, representative cannon will not be

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

kemp, of course he is a staunch defender -- >> i'm sorry to interrupt. the trial has resumed and this is the questioning of the chief of police of the minneapolis police department. let's go back in. >> again, exhibit 219, which is mpd policy 5-304, and if you would take a look at the section here that's been enlarged, de-escalation tactics include but are not limited to. if you would please just summarize for the jury the different bullets that you see here. >> yes. some of the bullets here for de-escalation tactics -- >> sir, one moment. oh, all right. thank you. all right. please resume. >> yes, some of the de-escalation tactics that are noted here include but are not limited to placing barriers between an uncooperative subject and an officer, communication from a safe position intended to gain the subject's compliance using verbal persuasion, advisements or warnings, using verbal techniques to calm an agitated subject and promote rational decision making, calling for additional resources to assist, including more officers, cit officers and officers e