joey, you've issued a warning they will not become atlanta braves. >> i don't know why they call themlars cowboys, i heard them say they wanted to join the fec, two but the atlanta braves, america's baseball team, they are so american, they are native american. listen, if you want to talk about what put native americans at this advantage, let's talk about how they are disenfranchised on reservations and socioeconomic place they are in, rampant drug use and it's put them more than a generation disadvantage and native americans trying to help the community rise up out of the and be part of the american way of life, that's what we could talk about. cleveland indians want to do something to show they care about those people, that's something they can do about the guardians have a terrible logo and they literally use as many of the words from india as i could, it was kind of stupid but at the end of the day, i think it will dictate how the fans react, atlanta braves, we love our team. in this part of the world, if you have native american history, who care about that and brag about that. s

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but now that the indians of change the name you know where this is heading, chicago blackhawks, atlanta braves, kansas city chiefs, this is not crazy but that is where we are at it, the notre dame fighting irish, the mascot, they're going to try to take it away. >> i will predict this, notre dame is not getting rid of the fighting irish. >> i hope the end it at some point but i don't know how we stop it, the woke activism train always has to keep moving. that is what they do. >> the biggest and people come after next is the patriots. who's to say what patriots mean today. >> how about the vikings? they have a little bit of pillaging in the past, i have no idea how this is going to end. laura: anthony fauci still doesn't seem to get what senator grandpa was getting at during the confrontation at a senate hearing choosing instead to lash out. >> he was completely out of line, totally distorted reality and made some inflammatory and i think slanderous remarks about lying under oath which is completely nonsense. some of the things he says are so distorted and out of tune with reality i had to call

go back to the atlanta braves. it doesn't reduce crime or improves schools. hit it on perfectly. the washington, d.c. police chief those were crocodile tears. he only walked the street because it was a rich part of the neighborhood. as a black man and an american, the democrat party don't care about people of california. today in washington, d.c. the police chief tried to make peace and not in the area where the crime is rampant in minority areas. m it's a shame. >> we see that everywhere. not just d.c. but chicago as well.ee that's where the media is comfortable going. that's where the media offices are. it's in the little areas. if it effects them it's bigger news. is that rough or accurate? >> no, it's like the weather. when snow hits new york city, the people in colorado are why are you so upset. going back to cleveland. an nbc affiliate in cleveland did a poll on what fans wanted the new name to be. most fans didn't care about the indians. they loved it very, very much and didn't want it to go. they felt the cleveland spiders was the fan favorite because

forever but now that the indians change their name coming over this is happen, chicago blackhawks, atlanta braves, kansas city chiefs. >> laura: blah, blah, blah. speak of this is where we are headed. the notre dame fighting irish, they're going to try to take it away. >> laura: they are not taking notre dame. notre dame is not getting rid of the fighting irish. >> i hope they ended at some point i just don't know how we stop it, the woke activism train always has to keep moving, that is what they do, unfortunately. >> laura: the biggest thing that will come after next is the patriots. who is to say what patriots means today? that is very judgmental. >> how about the vikings? they had a little bit of pillaging in the past. they are not cuddly. i have no idea how this is going to end, not well. >> laura: great to see you. anthony fauci still doesn't seem to get what senator rand paul was actually getting at this week during a confrontation during a senate hearing, choosing instead just to lash out. >> he was completely out of line. he totally distorted reality and he made some inflammatory and i b

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great entrepreneur in the car business, he is also one of the great all-star third basemen for my atlanta braves in major league baseball. >> that's right. well, thank you for reminding us >> all right he's a good man. chair powell, it's good to have you back now last month you stated before the house select committee on the coronavirus, you said this, and i quote, you said a recent decline in commodity prices was evidence that price pressures will cool as supply from reopening the economy are worked out and stimulus files maintaining that our concurrent inflation is temporary and would eventually move back to a 2% target so i want to ask you while there is no doubt that soaring prices for commodities have fueled a sense of optimism for our farmers and our agriculture producers this growing season. given the volatility around the price of commodities are your views on price pressures still the same today >> so i would say we continue to see prices come in and this week exceed our expectation and that's not what we're hoping to see. this latest rating was above where forecasters thought it would

atlanta braves, kansas state chiefs, golden warriors chicago blackhawks.eball team we do have our problems. i do think it's ironic cleveland called guardians given the crime rate. los angeles calls angels and that's pretty ironic, too. >> bret: ben? >> the irony of the term woke designed to keep people asleep. asleep to the realities of the problems that happen within these will teams, perform as anything else when you have these types of lane changes, all about looking in the other direction silly as jeff bezos thanking all amazon employees peeing in bottle so he could play space cowboy for a few minutes. >> bret: harold? >> harold: there is a lot there. i think political correctness has gotten way out of hand. but i do think there are certain historic call sensitivities that should not be used to demean people or demean parts of our history and these are simple things that we can change. no one in cleveland is not going to root any harder for their team against the reds or the reds root any harder or less because they are called the guardians. the washin

base that will never accept the team change but others are hoping that sports teams like the atlanta braves, chicago blackhawks and kansas city chiefs will take note. to answer a couple questions we know that they're also going to keep a similar logo, the same team colors and also that trademark "c" on their ball cap. by, guys, you will have to get used to saying the cleveland guardians next season. eva. >> we'll all have to get used to saying that. alex presha, thank you. >>> now to the olympics which are under way after an opening ceremony unlike any we have ever seen before. these summer games taking place in japan which is now facing a surge in covid cases, rising 20% in just the past week. abc's kenneth moton has the highlights in tokyo from the first day. good morning to you, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, eva. busy first saturday for the olympic games. two dozen sports athletes walking into pretty much empty venues, no fans because of the state of emergency here in tokyo. even with the concern over covid, there was a shortage of tests at the olympic village this week, but offici

atlanta. remember the braves not only were set to host but honor hank aaron who recently died and they are playingatlanta. all of the data that has come out since, this crazy ad you will see which is attacking major league baseball and saying crazy. i never would have foreseen in happening. they are based in new york with more restrictive voting laws than georgia. the baseball commissioner blew it with this choice. i think it will potentially play a big role in the 2022 senate election with warnock running potentially against herschel walker as a big match-up. >> bill: this is what millions of people will see tonight. part of the ad that goes after warnock you just mentioned. >> mid-summer classic, the all-star game, $100 million boost to georgia's economy until the radical left woke crowd took it all away. forcing the mlb to boycott georgia. even stacy abram opposed it. warnock refused to oppose it. >> bill: texas lock in early voting in this legislation for times and days and hours that the state of delaware has never seen in terms of early voting. >> well it is calling into question why joe bid

. >> congressman williams not only a great entrepreneur but one of the great all-star from my atlanta braves you for reminding us. >> chair powell, it's good to have you back. last month you stated on the coronavirus, you said recent commodity prices was evidence parts of the economy that are producing this inflation. it is a narrow group of banks reducing these readings. we are anxiously everybody else to see that inflation passed through. rep. scott: thank you for that answer. i agree that a return to lower inflation rates would be advantageous to the economy. the long term even after inflation returnss to normal and the wage increases will not keep pace, creating based on fixed incomes and many of our low income households, so let me ask you this. considering on the incremental wage increases to keep pace of what the rising cost of lending, can you elaboratee for us what trend the fed expects to see at least until we returned to the 2% inflation rate? >> we don't have any ability to forecast more than anyone else does. they do what they are going to do. you know, our expectation is that o

great entrepreneur in the car business, he is also one of the great all-star third baseman for my atlanta braves in major league baseball. >> that's right. thank you for reminding us. rep. scott: all right, good man. chair powell. good to have you back. last month, you stated before the select committee on the coronavirus, you said a recent turn in commodity prices was evident that pressures from reopening the economy if stimulus fails. maintaining that the concerned inflation is temporary and would eventually move back to 2%. so, i want to ask you, while there is no doubt that soaring prices for commodities have fueled a sense of optimism for our agriculture producers, given the volatility around the price of commodities, our price pressures still the same today? chair. powell: i would say we continue to see prices come in. and exceed our expectations. that is not what we are hoping to see but the latest reading was above what forecasters thought it would be. it is still the same story. still the same parts of the economy that are producing this inflation. it is a narrow group of banks reducing

atlanta city chiefs and braves next on the chopping block.tions. >> the braves next, florida state next. the seminoles or the kansas city chiefs or maybe just a symbol of pride and tradition. celebrating indian culture. you know what's next by the way the new york jets are toast because jets release make emissions and that causes major pollution. what kind of example would it be, tammy, keeping that name? >> i'm from the southwest. grew up seeing a lot of indian art and honoring of that southwest culture. did you, too. i'm sure a lot of art you see in the southwest. i'm really shocked that people think that it's racist to do it. i think it's honoring them. i really do. some of these statues are gorgeous. like the one they took down of teddy roosevelt in front of the natural history museum. the indian that's on the side of teddy roosevelt which apparently they took it down because they didn't like the indian was lower than the president. okay. >> indian -- it's just gorgeous. this image, the statue is beautiful. i can't imagine why people woul

we've come to that point of the evening where we must check this out, type one in atlanta, and it looks like the bravesoing to tie it up tonight. michael conforto comes throwing tying run at the plate out at the plate on a beautiful throw. i love it when big leaguers show off their arms, and the replay clearly shoves that can photo got his man. you know, dog is man's best friend. well, dog can also be dog's best friend. this is life guard dog doing his thing right here, telling him just like each other in the pool, just like a tugboat bringing him on home. i like the one just sits on the little raft there and just says this is pretty cool. all right. thank you. good night, everybody. yeah?you're still on? what are you constantly looking at on your computer? is that a question you really want people asking around here? indeed, it is not. i'm just checking college acceptances. i mean, they should be posting them any day. claire: you cannot spend your entire spring break worrying about college admissions. you should go to that-- that music festival thing with haley. do something fun. learn to relax a-- do

major league baseball fans in atlanta have something to celebrate, the braves outlasting 14 strikeouts degram and walked off with a 4-3 win. freddie freeman drove in the go ahead run with two outs in and bases loaded in the ninth reaching on an infield single. the victory boosts the braves to within three and a half games of the first place mets. before we switch to the nfl the boston red sox have won seven straight games and have a nine-game lead over willie geist's new york yankeess. turning to the nfl where the league handed down several fines yesterday. espn reports the jag wires, cowboys were find by rules involving team activity. all three will have to forfeit an undisclosed amount of ota days next year. >>> the washington football team has been fined $10 million after an independent investigation found the organization's leadership paid little attention to sexual harassment and other workplace issues. the team was not stripped of any draft picks and no formal suspensions were handed out as part of the league discipline. dan snyder is stepping away from day-to-day operations for

noah pran ski went to atlanta to see if the move did anything to effect the voting rights conversation. >> reporter: the bravesot being able to host the all-star game this year. how did that emotionally feel? >> it's whole bunch of things it didn't do. and once it hit that national narrative, it was like an out of control freight train and couldn't stop it. >> brent raffensperger has a thing about setting the record straight. >> president trump did not carry the state of georgia. what he said was not correct. >> reporter: but the georgia republican is pushing back against democrats this time in a claim his state's new election law will suppress votes. the outrage back in march led the all star came from georgia to colorado. >> deciding there will be no absentee ballots under rigid circumstances, this is gigantic. >> it was an example of people not checking out and actually reading the bill. and they listened to the national media that was telling people one thing, but that's not exactly what the bill is all about. >> reporter: he says in some ways the peach state is more progressive on voting. >> you can vote

we went to atlanta to find out if the move did anything to affect the voting rights conversation. >> the braveshow did that emotionally feel? >> it was a really big disappointment. once they hit that national narrative, it was like a out of control train. and couldn't stop it. >> brad has a thing about setting the record straight. >> president trump didn't carry the state of georgia. >> the georgia republican is pushing back against democrats this time. in a claim his state new election law will suppress votes. out rage over it in march led to the relocation of the all star game from georgia to colorado. >> deciding that the there will be no absentee ballots. under rigd circumstances. this is giantic. >> example of people not checking out and reading the bill. and listened to national media. that was telling people one thing. that's not what the bill is about. >> he says the peach state is more progressive on voting than liberal counter parts. >> you can vote absentee. and early. and obviously election day. three opportunities to vote. >> he contends the changes are minor. and over blown. and n

the panda was dealt from atlanta to cleveland this morning and then released by the indians. he was hitting below .200 and a bench role with the braves. >>> the warriors introduced their two new rookies earlier today at chase center, and moses moody has some sightseeing on his to-do list. >> i came through tournaments and all, but i really do like the area, the weather. i got to go see the golden gate bridge. that's the first thing i got to do. >> very cool. kuminga was the seventh overall pick. the 18-year-old wanted to wear the number zero, but that's currently taken by gary payton the second, so he'll just have to settle for 004 now. >> we'll figure this out right now. >> gilbert arenas. >> i don't know. >> he wants a zero? does anybody have it? i think you can have it. do you want it? you've just got to buy it from me. >> the best part about that is bob, he had no idea who wore 00. i think they're going to work it out. >> so pablo is available? >> is available. come on, giants. third time. >> pablo is out there. >> why not? >> you can't have the giants without panda. >> thank you for that. >>> up next, you want the chance to see

just the mayor not providing leadership, it's about the total lack of respect for our brave men and women on the atlantas going to be a much different structure. it's going to love our police, it's going to back our police. they say atlanta is the city too busy to hate, then what the hell happened to that police officer connect the mayor hasn't said a word about that incident, condemning the mob, neither has the person running for mayor, neither has felicia moore, the city council president. it's a disgrace, bill. we are sick and tired of it and that's why we will make buckhead city terrific again and not deal with the city of atlantis corrupt politicians. >> bill: there is a proposal from the house speaker, david ralston is his name. he won $3 million in additional law-enforcement funds to go to the city of atlanta. you can do that with the act that was passed at the end of march, that $1.9 trillion deal has $350 billion that is now set aside for cities and counties and municipalities. if you've got a piece of that money, you could do that easily, could you not? in terms of hiring police and cops? >> b

braves get another all-star game? >> i am sure they will. >> it's a missed opportunity there will be another one. >> noah pransky from atlanta. >>> america'smander in afghanistan stepping down. at a ceremony in kabul, generalo another general who will be austin scott miller handed off his command to another general who will be based in florida, not afghanistan. the new commander to be able to launch airstrikes to help the afghan military as taliban forces make huge gains nbc's courtney kube is in kabul and spoke to general miller on his way out. >> reporter: that's right. we caught up with general miller as he was getting ready to leave the country for the last time. he was the commanding general here for nearly three years, longer than any other u.s. military leader during this nearly two decades of war here in afghanistan and we asked him what it was like to be leaving here for the last time. >> well, it's a little bit different to be leaving for the last time certainly. just process over time. >> reporter: at the ceremony in kabul, general miller handed over control and authority for u.s. forces afghanistan to the commander of u.s. cent