our guest is greg bluestein of the atlanta journal-constitution. caller: good morning. it is insulting to think that people cannot have an id. you have to have an idea to go to the doctor's office, to sign up for social programs. you need to have an id to buy sudafed in a drugstore. to say it is a hardship for people to have to prove their identity is insulting, too stupid to figure out how to get an id and identify themselves. host: on the issue of voter id, what is required under the georgia law? guest: this is a great question. under georgia law, you would be required to have a form of id to verify your id for absentee voters for the first time, those who vote mail-in. this was prompted by a surge of mail-in voting. in 2019, we saw a couple hundred thousand. in 2020, more than a million. there has been no evidence of widespread fraud with these mail-in ballots but an ajc poll in january showed a broad majority of georgia voters do support some sort of verifying of id for people that vote by mail. that was 74% of georgia voters who like the idea. critics say it makes

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the atlanta journal-constitution's greg bluestein is joining us from atlanta. are watching and listening to c-span's "washington journal. " we will be back in a moment. ♪ >> the senate returns today at 3:00 p.m. eastern to continue work on the nomination of deputy transportation secretary. the number two post under pete buttigieg. later in the week, senators will begin working on more nominations, including wendy sherman to be deputy secretary of state, and gary gensler to chair the securities and exchange commission. the house returns tuesday at 7:00 eastern for allegedly do business and will vote to postpone a 2% across-the-board cuts all medicare payments until the end of the year. during the week, the house will debate house will debate equal pay for women legislation, as well as a bill on workplace violence against health-care and social services workers. watch live coverage of the house on c-span, the senate on c-span two, and follow congressional coverage anytime at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> today, house republican conference c

in a letter obtained by the "atlanta journal-constitution," the removal request is tied to recent commentsout the state's elections bill. >> a group of georgia house republicans is canceling coca-cola. they're saying pepsi is okay. >> hi, i'm bill shasta, owner of shasta soft drinks. you may remember us from the bottom of your uncle's cooler. as we here at shasta have watched the troubling events unfold in georgia, we just want to remind everyone, we here at shasta have absolutely no conscience. but we do have a cola. shasta a is down wiwith whateve. rrestrict voting? none of our business.

. >>> and the "atlanta journal constitution" says japanese golfer hideki matsuyama made history at theers tournament. [ applause ] that's the final putt at the 18th hole yesterday to win by one stroke. he's the first japanese man to ever win the masters or any major golf tournament. he talked about that with the help of an interpreter. >> translator: i can't say i'm the greatest, however i'm the first to win a major. if that's the bar then i set it. >> his victory at the age of 29 comes ten years after he was the low amateur at the masters when he was just a teenager. >>> still ahead, oscar preview. britain's version of the academy awards were handed out last night. we will tell you which movie won the top honors. this is the sound of an asthma attack... that doesn't happen. this is the sound of better breathing. fafasenra is a a differentt kind o of asthma m medicatio. itit's not a s steroid or inha. fasenra is an add-on treatment for asthmama driven by eosininophils. it's onene maintenanance doe every 8 8 weeks. itit helps prerevent asthmha attatacks, improrove breathih, anand lower

"the atlanta journal constitution" reports a federal grand jury in georgia indicted three white men one killing of ahmaud arbery. gregory mcmichael, his son travis, and william roddy bryan were charged with attempting to kidnap the 25-year-old black man in february of last year. arbery was chased and shot and killed as he was jogging through a neighborhood just outside of brunswick. the three men also face state murder charges. >>> the "las vegas review journal" says an animal skeleton found dating back thousands of years was found in the back yard of a home. workers digging an in-ground pool unearthed the remains five feet below the ground. the bones from a horse or similar mammal between 6,000 to 14,000 years old. they date back to the earth's most recent ice age. >> we had joked friday while they had started digging that, great, maybe they can find a dinosaur and it will pay for our pool. obviously when they told us they found some fossils that was a shock to us. >> scientists say that the area where the bones were found was covered in springs during the ice age and served as a wate

. >> the "atlanta journal-constitution." >> hi. i would like to go back to the question about the states that do not yet have the national range, that are below average. should there be different guidance? i am calling from georgia. dr. walensky: i think the general guidance is to ensure people start getting vaccinated. we do know that if you are vaccinated, it is safe to be outdoors without a mask. the general guidance is the more and more people who get vaccinated, the more you will have more people who are safer without masks. so get vaccinated. if you are, it is safe to be outside without a mask. mr. slavitt: next question. >> nbc. >> hi, everyone. thank you so much. firstly, can you address if the risk of being outdoor solo, why do -- so low, why doesn't this apply to everyone? and while rates of vaccine hesitancy are dropping, you still have 4 in 10 americans saying maybe or they will not get the vaccine. how will you deal with that hesitancy? are there any new strategies? mr. slavitt: dr. walensky? dr. walensky: we still bel

. >> aerial heart of the atlanta journal-constitution. >> hi. i'd like to go back to the question about states that do not have a national rate that is below average. should there be different guidance for us in georgia? >> i think the general got insistent for the people start getting vaccinated. i know that if it is -- if you are vaccinated it is safe to go out without a mask. the general guidance is the more and more people get vaccinated the more you will have more people who are safer without masks. so get vaccinated. and if you are than it is safe to be outside without a mask. >> next question. christian walker, nbc. >> hi everyone. thank you so much. firstly, can you address if the risk of being outdoors is so low, why doesn't the guidance apply to everyone? secondly, well rates of vaccine hesitancy are dropping, used to have about four in ten americans who say maybe, or no, they will not get the vaccine. how do you deal with the hesitancy? are there any new strategies that you are looking towards? >> doctor roland ski. >> we still believ

after taylor announced he was moving to georgia to work as an investigative reporter for the atlanta journaltitution. the email in part said we will warn our georgia colleagues of your impending arrival. at the time he spoke with the abc 7 news i.t. and. >> to believe this threat of i am going to call the cops on you. police know exactly what that means. >> there is no proof he intended to do anything. there is no threat there. >> you declined an interview but in a statement in the said this is a step toward preparing decades of harm and i am curious to see how it impacts the culture. >> he also suspended him without pay for 40 hours. a resident >> i feel it was targeted toward intimidation because it wasn't just that isolated incident. he targeted me online. >> the internal affairs investigator did not find it violated policy but chief williams sustained the allegation on his own. >> no, that was not an intent to intimidate. if he had wanted to intimidate he would have been much closer. >> he was put on the for authorizing the replacement of the windshield to the smack able alejo police off

he was a sports columnist for the atlanta journal constitution for 25 years and his new article in "forbesis titled, thank you, baseball, for yanking all-star game out of atlanta. terrence, thank you for joining us. i want to start with this because i know you were good friends with hank aaron. he called atlanta home. is this what he would have wanted? >> amara, i'm so glad you asked that question because i've just been burning inside, disgusted at something that was said yesterday, what these politicians are saying are disgusting in general from the republican side of it. but the worst was kelly loeffler, the former u.s. senator from georgia, who used to be a part owner of the atlanta dream, she said this was an insult to hank aaron, pulling the game out of atlanta. it's totally the opposite. hank would have been the first person in line to get rid of this thing. outside of his family, nobody talked to hank more than me as a journalist. and hank aaron, along with jackie robinson, were the two biggest advocates in baseball history when it came to civil rights. and jackie robinson was an id

and not surprisingly, according to a nonpartisan analysis by the atlanta journal constitution, black and brown voters have been impacted the hardest by many of these changes and are 20% more likely to misvoting in an election because of the long distances they're forced to travel. i'd like to enter this fire fight action report, georgia's enduring racial discrimination in voting and the urgent need to modernize the voting rights act into the record, with your permission. mr. durbin: without objection. mr. ossoff: can you explain why the closure, changing and consolidation of voting locations without d.o.j. preclearance can be so harmful and why the john lewis voting rights advancement act, which again to just remind everybody on this committee, what we're here to discuss, we are talking about restoring section 4 and section 5 of the voting rights act so the department of justice civil rights division will preclear changes to election procedure and law that may have disparate, disproportionate racial impact. why is restoration of the preclearance function so vital to ensuring harm is

it's the lead story in the atlanta journal constitution. ks about how we know that democratic politicians are behind this law. but, also, there are a number of religious leaders in atlanta, they have told businesses we are going to boycott you. we are going to have our people boycott you unless you go ahead and you publicly denounce this law. well, now they are tapping the brakes on the threat of boycott. they are going to have a virtual meeting with these big businesses next week like home depot, aflac. brian: coke. steve: they already talked to coke. in fact pitch shown reginald jackson of the ame sixth episcopal district spoke with representatives at coke and also at delta last week and they said okay, we don't want to boycott. we are going to come out and say these things. now what he is doing is saying we are not going to boycott your businesses but your businesses had better, according to the atlanta journal constitution, you had better go ahead and denounce this law or else. brian: but why? they just assume that minorities don't have

the fact is, georgia opened up its voting and the atlanta journal constitution put forth an incredible which it basically said none of the things in this bill curtail voting. in fact, it kind of expands voting. my question is -- howie: that's pretty much in dispute. i want to get one more thing. >> hold on. lastly had, they're -- they're literally talking about this piece of legislation. what were they reading on the frontend that made them write the lie in the first place. talking points from a democrat party. these leftists in the mainstream media lap up whatever democrats say and post it and a week later they're coming out with corrections. that's a problem. now it's already engrained into the american people's mind. they did that on purpose. this bill is not racist. the people at coke, delta, the people on the left know it but they continue to push it forward because what they want is to make everything in the legislature racist that republicans want so eventually they can get rid of the filibuster which they also say is racist even though democrats used it more than 300 times in t

it turns out the big paper in atlanta "the atlanta journal constitution" reported that the law woulding after 5:00. the paper's reporters apparently hadn't read the law. they had to append this correction to their piece which effectively was the same as admitting they were repeating talking point without doing any research which is what they were doing. here it is, quote: a previous version of this story said the new law would limit voting hours on election day in georgia polling places are open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and if you are in line by 7:00 p.m. you are allowed to cast your ballot. nothing in the new law changes those rules, end quote. that's the truth. finally appended to a lie. now, joe biden got his research on that bill from reporters who did no research. see how that works? today at the white house press briefing one reporter did ask an interesting question why is joe biden on television demands a boycott of an american state while not demandings a boycott of china? after all, the biden administration just declared that china was committing genocide against et nick

they took out a full-page in the "atlanta journal-constitution," to say to joe biden and stacey abramsu say to that story? it's a big pushback? >> i think it is great this black conservative clergy group is out there, liz, to push back on the racist propaganda from democrats which i have been doing for many, many, years, liz. you have got to understand democrats play the race card to cover for their failures, their failed policies to divide and to distract. now we have president biden, who basically set the tone of racism and jim crow by lying about the new georgia law. he said the hours would be reduced to 5:00 p.m., when they would end the voting, when in fact that is not the case. he lied. so joe biden lied to americans. he lied to black voters. and really what people need to do is just read the law for themselves, liz, to see that they are lying. elizabeth: you know, deneen, you know, our viewers might recall how you and i talked about how you personally have been attacked for the brave positions that you have taken. we've got this too. you know, when we see the pushback on the geo

the atlanta journal constitution described a scene that showed how personal things had gotten. quote, moments after gaveling the legislative session to an end early thursday, house speaker stood before a bank of tv cameras and admitted something that many lifelong georgians would never say publicly. he purposely cracked open a pepsi. it won't be a surprise if either company doesn't have a seat at the table when it comes to policy decisions going forward. i mean, currently the two most famous companies in georgia, does the hypocrisy of these snowflake brigade know no bounds. they lecture us for being too thin skins, on the need for free speech, so why this ridiculously hostile response to the delta ceo's freedom of speech? they're probably not going to be happy that other corporate leaders are also exercising their right to free speak, like tim cook who said today american history is the story of expanding the right to vote to all citizens and black people in particular have had to march, struggle, and even give their lives for more than a century to defend that right. gosh, i w

"atlanta journal-constitution" poll found nearly 3/4 of voters want additional voter i.d., including5% of liberals and 2/3 of blacks. we have senator marco rubio saying delta air lines your hypocrisy is stunning because you're still working with china still oppressing muslim uyghurs, numerous people in population. companies like delta air lines, coca-cola. the state of georgia is moving to rescind a tax break for delta air lines, is that true? are you going to do that to other companies. >> that was a movement in the georgia legislature last night and the session has ended so that a moot point. i would ask the ceos, mr. chenault, mr. frazier, ed bastion, mr. quincy look at other states that they're doing business in or where they reside and compare the amount of -- we have 17 days of in-person early voting in georgia. we increased more opportunities on the weekend. we have no excuse absentee voting by mail. some of those states and folks i just mentioned, they're living, doing business in states that you have to have an excuse to vote. so i think if people compare georgia to any othe

that's according to a letter obtained by the "atlanta journal-constitution."a's new election law passed by the republican-controlled legislature. critics, of course, say the law unfairly restricts voting access, particularly to minorities. coke, as well as the atlanta-based delta airlines and more than a hundred other companies have publicly come out against the law. and major league baseball has pulled this year's all-star game from the state of course. the corporate fight against georgia's new election law got started when dozens of current and former black corporate executives joined forces to challenge the law and lawmakers. tony west is the chief legal officer at uber and one of those 72 black executives who signed a letter pledging to protect voter rights. he spoke to cnn about the responsibility corporate america has on the issue. >> well, look, i think, you know, american businesses have always made their voices heard in our democracy on all kinds of critical issues, right, whether it's tax policy or h1-b visas. and that's very appropriate because if o

tia mitch, washington correspondent for "the atlanta journal constitution." laura, here is how senator bernie sanders described biden's new information plan this morning. take a listen. >> roads and bridges and tunnels are infrastructure. but i think many of us see a crisis in human infrastructure, when a working class family can't find good quality, affordable childcare, that's human infrastructure. >> lauren, you've reported on this new plan. how is biden expanding what has traditionally been thought of as infrastructure with this plan? >> so they put it into two categories. you've got traditional infrastructure, as they've said, roads, bridges. these are aspects that do need fixing. we are ranked 13th in the world for infrastructure. so they are really making the case for physical infrastructure. but there's also human infrastructure, which gets at our health care system, our system of caring for disabled and elderly americans, our schools, aspects that are very, very important to our economy, democrats will argue, and to the people who -- you know, to the

in a letter obtained by the "atlanta journal-constitution," the removal request is tied to recent comments from the company about the state's elections bill. >> a group of georgia house republicans is canceling coca-cola. they're saying pepsi is okay. >> hi, i'm bill shasta, owner of shasta sofdr yoy fromheomurle's cler. et h wad the troubling even to remind everyone, we here at shasta have absolutely no conscience. but we do have a cola. shasta is down with whatever. restrict voting? none of our business. child miners? you know, put some hair on their chest. cockfighting? they're all chicken nuggets eventually. that actor who sent texts making it sound like he's into cannibal sex? nothing better for washing down a human thumb than the refreshing taste of shasta. those squares at pepsi aren't going to be cool with that. so to everyone who is mad at coca-cola, consider making shasta your protest beverage of choice. because when you're ready to turn your back on your fellow man, vote for shasta! if georgia lets you. >> announcer: it's "a late show with stephen colbert." tonight: vax populi!

today the atlanta mayor issues an executive order to try to combat sb-202, the atlanta journal reportsnetwork, the mayor explained what that means. >> the rules of the game have changed and it's so important this people understand the parameters we are now forced to operate in in the state of georgia. we send water bills to thousands of customers, residential and business customers not just in atlanta but in surrounding areas. we are going to educate people on how you can get the i.d. you need to register to vote, what are the new rules on absentee ballots and just provide as much information as we can to help counter what's being done at the state level. >> back with us tonight, former obama campaign manager and senior campaign manager to president obama. he's on the board of directors@obama foundation. good evening to both of you. david, on one hand, atlanta is just one piece of georgia. on the other hand, democrats winning the nine counties around atlanta have been sort of the biggest pickup in terms of democrat, votes in georgia. so talk to me about the thing that mayor keisha lanc

white house reporter for politico and author politico play book and the political reporter for atlanta journal man who knows georgia best, eugene, there's no elected official in the state of america who clocks corporate dollars and tracks them than mitch mcconnell, cc united. what in the world is he talking about here? >> it's interesting to watch as republicans like mitch mcconnell are fighting with big business when they've been friends of big business for a long time, right? he gave this bill that corporations would invite serious consequences. but republicans don't have the same issue of republicans getting involved in politics when it comes to donations. that level of involvement in politics passes muster for republicans and always had. what we know is donation is always a way to show value, which is what the coca-cola, and mlb and all of these, delta, are saying. and the quote is had no issue in the past. as republicans have continued to try to fight mostly cancel culture wars, that is where they're going to find themselves. they're going to find themselves in spots where the things they

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, a shot across the ballot. these -- these major-atlanta that get incentives like delta does, and so republicans the last day of the session just a few days ago in the georgia capitol wanted to send that message to republican law -- to delta, to coke, and to other companies that are still on the sidelines. basically, not to come out against this legislation. or else, they could risk -- risk some blow back from state lawmakers. >> next thing you know, they will bring back

and the atlanta journal-constitution discusses what is in george's new voting law, and the politicalnomic fallout since its passage. also the pfizer chief medical officer discusses the development of the pfizer vaccine. watch c-span's washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m., monday morning and be sure to the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. ♪ >> coming up monday, on c-span. the u.s. house meets at noon eastern, for pro forma session with no legislative business scheduled. at 1:00 p.m., discussion on supply chain vulnerabilities, hosted by the woodrow wilson center. at 530 p.m., house republican conference chair liz cheney talks about the future of the republican party, and the conservative movement, at georgetown university's institute of politics and public service. on c-span two at 10 a clock am eastern, the trial continues for former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin, charged in the death of george floyd. at 3:00 p.m., the u.s. senate returns to continue work on the nomination of polly trenton to beat deputy transportation secret

"the atlanta journal constitution" did an analysis this week and found the reason why the state vaccination the national numbers we are seeing is the state is using a smaller population estimate when calculate are their vaccination rate. this is something we found in our own reporting when looking at albert county, georgia, where the cdc said only around 8% of the population there is vaccinated but the state data says that number is 23%. >> priscilla, thank you. >>> let's head from georgia at the low end of vaccination rates to west virginia, with one of the highest. joining us now, republican governor jim justice. governor, you have been on top of this, ahead of this vaccine rollout since the beginning and now you have changed strategies, offering a $100 savings bond to young adults who get vaccinated. how is that working? >> stephanie, we're just in our infancy on this. i would tell everyone, there's no silver bullet here. when it really boils right down to it, what west virginia did, we got way out ahead of this thing, led the nation in every way. every single state, we got so many of ou

meanwhile, the atlanta journal constitution reports that an employee vaccination event for the district april 21st in which they had planned to use the j&j vaccine has been canceled. the event was canceled by the district after the u.s. cdc and fda recommended that the j&j vaccine be put on pause. >> reporter: i'm dan simon. the battle over so-called vaccine passports is intensifying with another republican governor coming out against them. the montana governor joins governors from the states of florida, texas and missouri who have preemptively banned them citing privacy concerns. no government entity has come up with a passport system yet and the white house says it's not trying to come up with a national version of one but you do have health care companies and technology companies trying to come up with a digital app where somebody in theory could show they're fully vaccinated to enter a business or an event. >> reporter: i'm alexandra field in new york. in an effort to get more people vaccinated the state now targeting rural farmworkers, governor andrew cuomo announcing a plan to dep

. >> in, he covers politics for the atlanta journal constitution. thank you for being on c-span.for having me. host: let's talk about the new voting law signed by governor kemp. it would remove the secretary of state from that states election board, shorten the time to request absentee ballots, requiring voter ids for all mail-in ballots, ban food and water distribution within 25 feet of voters, although you are allowed to bring your own as you wait in line. one drop per county, 23 in the more populous counties. it reduces the number of days allowed for absentee voting from 180 to 78. it also bans mobile voting centers such as rv's. why was this law put in place? guest: that is the question lawmakers and politicians and voters are grappling with right now in georgia because of the sharp fallout of this package of legislation. republicans say these are needed changes to restore the integrity and confidence in the vote in georgia, and that some of the changes were spurred from the 2018 election in georgia, needed political will to be passed. what democrats eagerly point out is that

atlanta journal constitution. >> hi, i'd like to go back to the question about -- for states that doot have yet the national rate that are below average should there be different guidance for us? i'm calling from georgia. >> i think the general guidance is to ensure that people start getting vaccinated. we do know that if you are vaccinated it is safe to be outdoors without masks. >> next question. >> kristen welker, nbc. >> hi, everyone, thank you so much. firstly, can you address if the risk of being outdoors is so low why doesn't this guidance apply to everyone? and secondly, while rates of vaccine hesitancy are dropping you still have about four in ten americans who say maybe or no, they're not going to get the vaccine. how do you deal with that hesitancy? are there any new strategies you're looking forward? >> dr. walensky. >> you know, we still believe as people are in small gatherings, medium size gatherings, when they are unvaccinated you're at risk, you have people who are at risk of severe disease so we do believe in those settings masks should still occur. certainly any ac

atlantic atlanta journal had positive story. and i was confident that my election, certainly put a small lot on the fact that know who basically martin luther king had laid the groundwork and then the sacrifice for something like this to happen. i think if it had to happen, chapel hill was the place that it should happen. and i'm obviously very delighted that i was the person who is in the middle of that. oklahoma university law professor lindsay robertson discusses the decisions issued by the us supreme court in cases involving the cherokee nation, especially the role of chief justice john marshall. virginia museum of history and culture preservation virginia and the university of oklahoma center for the study of american indian law and policy co-hosted this event. good morning. i'm elizabeth kostelny and it's my great honor to serve as the ceo of preservation, virginia and to introduce our next speaker. lindsay robertson is the author of conquest by law that explores the subject that brings us here today. as we conceptualize t

. >> sandra: "the atlanta journal-constitution" had to issue with correction as they set about that georgiaing law so we await the senator joining us at the top of the hour. >> john: a lot of people took things from the early version and never bothered to amend it with the final version. if >> sandra: a fema program meant to keep people safe during the pandemic is getting extended. this despite the growing number of people getting backdated across the country, look at how much this is costing taxpayers. >> john: plus, multitrillion dollar spending plan raising red flags for deficit who wonder if all of that cash really will go to roads and bridges. we will break down the president's plan with larry kudlow coming up next. >> just being charitable about 15% of this bill is addressed to infrastructure. the rest is climate subsidies and social welfare stances. there may be something in here from murder hornets for all that i know. at novartis, our goal is to help keep cosentyx accessible and affordable. if you're taking cosentyx and your insurance or coverage changes or you need help paying cos

onerous as presented even by the president, i believe it was the washington post as well as the atlanta journaltion the accuracy. a lot of joe biden's remarks about this , including the washington post, giving him four pinnochios for misrepresent ing it but on and on it goes. where do you see other companies going and responding to this? >> well you know, corporations don't want to get involved in politics. it's not healthy for their bottom line, remember michael jordan's old line that even republicans buy sneakers. that being said, they are clearly feeling pressure from their customers, and they are responding to that. this reminds me of the debate over hb-2 in north carolina back in 2016, the bill that banned trans people from the bathroom of their gender identity. the ncaa pulled tournaments out of north carolina and a bunch of corporations publicly pressured the state reverse that law, which they eventually did. now, georgia governor brian kemp has been less willing, i suppose , to rollback this bill, the speaker of the state house came out with a pretty angry statement as well, and frankly

host: here is the atlanta journal-constitution.hen president joe biden arrived in georgia today, he will be commemorating his first 100 days in office. he will also be taking a victory lap in the state that put his expensive legislative agenda within reach. biden is set up to visit former president jimmy carter in his hometown of planes and headline a driving rally in gwinnett county the day after rolling out a sweeping $1.8 trillion plan to expand access to education and bolster family assistance programs that will be partly financed i higher taxes on the wealthiest americans. that is coming up tonight, that driving rally coming up life tonight. you can follow it live on the c-span app. reporter: i want to keep you updated on the news. the associated press about 10 minutes ago, the number of americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 13,000 last week to 553,000, the lowest level since the pandemic hit last march, and another sign that the economy is recovering. this also from the associated press. the recovery from th

there is the headlines from this morning's atlanta journal-constitution.allout of mlb's decision to move the all-star game. that is what they dive into. this is what we are diving into in this final segment. the statement from major league baseball commissioner robert manfred. i have decided that fast way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year's all-star game and draft. major league baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all americans and imposes restrictions to about rocks. in 2020 mlb became the first professional sports league to join the civic alliance to help build the future in which everyone participates. we probably used our platform to encourage baseball fans in the communities throughout our country to perform their civic duty and actively participate in the voting process. fair access to voting continues to have our game's unwavering support. commissioner of unwavering -- of baseball. and the reaction from brian kemp. here is what he had to say. >> yesterday major league baseball caved to fear and. -- analyze.

also with us for this discussion, we have political reporter for the atlanta journal constitution, gregld us that he was on vacation and didn't have a suit. and i said, greg, this ain't "nightline." i wear a sweater like 85% of the time. so thank you, gregg, we really appreciate you taking the time out from your vacation. it means a lot to us. representative thomas, let's start with you and i'll start with the big question that a lot of democratic officials are being asked right now, and that is, do you support major league baseball's decision to move the all-star game out of atlanta? >> yes, i do support the decision. i wish that it would have came before the bill was passed into law, of course. >> we see a lot of different businesses speaking out right now, but we wish that they would have spoke before they put the pen to signing that bill into law. >> i'm sure you've seen a lot of comparisons where georgia's new voting law compares favorably to new york state to new jersey when it come to early voting, when it comes to no-excuse absentee voting. what's your response to those who are

. >> what did the voters of georgia say "the atlanta journal constitution" asked voter i.d.supposedly stacey abrams is all worried about support voter i.d. so, there is no reason why the mlb should have pulled out. we deserve an apology and quite frankly we ask the mlb to reverse their decision. >> exactly. ainsley: maybe they will. pga is sticking by their guns they are staying. >> good for them. >> thank you ashley, good morning. ainsley: you are welcome. coming up with migrant facilities overrun and border patrol overworked, the pentagon is now approving a third military base to house migrant children. congressman darrell issa is begging cbp officers not to quit their jobs. he going to join us next. before nexium 24hr, anna could only imagine a comfortable night's sleep without frequent heartburn waking her up. now, that dream... . ...is her reality. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts, for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? to prove our aa battery is the world's longest-lasting, we tested it against our competitor's best batter

according to greg bluestein of the atlanta journal constitution, abrams did speak with a senior leaguesation, abrams reportedly reiterated her position against boycotts. mlb officials say the league has been having conversations with politicians from both parties and the commissioner's decision was not based on a single conversation with any given political leader. so, mike barnicle, this is in line with what we were talking about yesterday. again, stacey abrams, of course, she objects to the law in georgia, did not want to see an estimated $100 million of revenue leave her state, hurting many of the people she's worked her life trying to help. so how did this go down, exactly? was it the pressure from players who were telling the commissioner's office they wouldn't show up for the game that ultimately forced them to move? >> i think that was part of it, willie, certainly, the pressure from the players association. also part of it was rob manford himself. i think he wanted to bring baseball literally into the 21st century. baseball has always lagged behind the other professional sports

not surprisingly, according to a nonpartisan analysis by the atlanta journal-constitution, blackened brown voters have been impacted the hardest by many of these changes and our 20% more likely to miss voting because of the long distances they are forced to travel. mr. chairman, i would like to enter this into the record with your permission. can you explain why the closure, changing, and consolidation of voting locations without doj preclearance can be so harmful and white john lewis voting rights advancement act, to remind everybody what we are here to discuss, we are discussing restoring section four and five of the voting rights act to preclear changes to election procedure and law that may have disparate racial impact. why is racial -- restoration so vital to ensuring harm is not done by the closing of polling locations like those we have seen in georgia? stacey abrams: we have seen more than 214 polling places close. we have seen a number of consolidations. we have seen a number of shifts. in clayton county we saw at one point -- in macon county, added attempt -- an attempt to

"the atlanta journal constitution," 63% of african-americans think you should have an i.d.among entering for hr 1. i'm tell you guys, this is about getting rid of the filibuster and passing hr-1 and that power grab. pete: political power, you are absolutely right. congressman and colonel michael waltz, thank you so much for being here. >> happy easter to all of you god bless. rachel: you too, take care. pete on this easter eve turn now to a few additional headlines. bowling green has fraternity with six conduct violations related to student hazing deaths. sophomore died days days after being hazed fraternity event last month. the fraternity is under interim suspension as officials continue to investigate. and dr. fauci pushes back after he was challenged on his claim that we may need to wear masks in 2021. >> come on, let's get serious about this. that was taken totally out of context. >> you don't think that's right. you don't think should have masks in 2022. >> we don't know and i'm not saying they will. pete: fauci initially made the claim in february about 2022. other m

atlanta in response to the law. joining me now, "wall street journal" columnist kim strassel, editorial board member kyle peterson andyle, you've followed this law from the very beginning. is it voter suppression? >> well, there's a lot in the law, but i would say, no, not really. so something that joe biden keeps saying, he's said it two or three times now, is that they're closing polling places at 5 p.m. just when working people are getting off. that's just not true. the law has some mandatory minimum hours for early voting, 9-5. analysts who have looked at this are saying, essentially, that means places that are shorter than that, that offer less than that right now are going to have to expand, but counties can also offer voting from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. which is plenty for these metropolitan areas. so that's just one example of something that's in the law that is an expansion of voting and is being cast completely the opposite way. paul: well, if i'm not mistaken, this actually liberalizes the state law in terms of a couple of areas like more drop boxes, for example, and time for, and the justification you need to ob

ago major league baseball pulled their all-star game out of atlanta because of political pressure because of the left the wall street journalditorial pointing out the debate has become as to a falsehood, propaganda and panic, part of the blame lies with the tart under partisan distortion of democrats and their media echoes and part with ceo of major companies who are uninformed at best or cowardly at worst, joining me now kim straw soul every friday for the wall street journal and on the same subject today. kimberly first of all, the lies coming from the president about the georgia law reducing voter time that is simply not true it's the opposite isn't it. >> exactly has to do with the numberer of days that you can ve on weekends, that is more and also anything from having more poll workers to keep lines lower more drop boxes prior to last year's election georgia didn't allow drop boxes and always codified into law one of the things that is remarkable to me just make the comparison to joe biden's own state in delaware if he's talking about how george's law is jim crow on steroids while delaware doesn't allow half of what ge

staged a die in outside content court is in atlanta, now koch and delta are among those speaking out forcefully against the new law. the wall street journal him a leaders as woke at week ceos, the journal says the state provides far more days of early voting the new york, offers no excuse absentee ballots unlike delaware. who is really suppressing home. georgia's new law puts limits on truck boxes but also makes him a permanent part of the voting system in 2019 before covid those drop boxes were illegal. welcome to fox news at night. white house correspondent kevin cork starts us art with pressure coming from the president and progressives on these red states. >> a lot of pressure indeed. for all his talk as a candidate about being a unity president it seems aspiration has given way to retribution for mister biden at least that is the way some critics see his treatment of the nation's red blue political and policy divide. >> that is a decision they made, they should listen to doctor fauci, scientists and experts, but i think it is not responsible. >> mister biden with a brush back. aimed at the texas rangers baseball club. it is a mistake

atlanta, georgia. you mentioned the woke ceos. "wall street journal."rge's legislation law but have they read it? that is from the editorial. >> look, it is very interesting if you look at it carefully. the left is desperate to have elections that they can rig. and they are going all out. they put out a surge of things like you pointed out. these are plain lies. this isn't complicated. you go to the bill, you look at the bill and you can vote on sunday and light and said you couldn't. you can vote early and they lied and said you couldn't. you can't get water in line, they lied and said you couldn't this tells you h.r. 1 corrupt politicians act nationally and it all out effort to set up this as erickson wrote, designed to ultimately and make the filibuster because they will never pass never pass h.r. 1 while the filibuster is there. i think if people learn what is in h.r. 1, they will be so angry and being totally misled. and i think president biden credibility is in tatters. you read what is staff rates, and he has no idea if it is true. in the case of

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>> we're in -- former mlb commissioner vince sent writing in the wall street journal, the only people hurt will be the atlanta charles payne says it will be out of the pockets of business workers and hank aaron was supposed to be honored there in atlanta and now he'll be honored in colorado. neil: and certainly major league baseball moving the all-star game to colorado and they'll be playing that in denver, coors field. colorado governor joins us right now. and thank you for taking the time. >> thank you. neil: i was thinking of the home run hitting contest is going to be something to behold in colorado with the thinner air and having said that, the notion that this was something that georgia should have expected and the mlb should have been, you know, warning ahead of time that this was going to happen, they did, it's a done deal. now the game is going to be in colorado, but some are afraid that it's mlb is sending the wrong signal, what do you think? >> look, in colorado we see opportunity and we seize it and as you said, this is going to be an epic home run derby july 12th. a mile above sea level, the dry