griggs, one more question. is there a law on the books preventing any elected official from entering the governor's office? >> i don't know of any law that prevents that. i know there's a law that protects an elected official through the constitution from being arrested while in session and we believe that applies to my client. they can only be arrested for either a felony, treason or imminent breach of the peace. we believe the facts are inconsistent with any legal theory that necessitates her arrest and that's why we're going to continue to fight. she's been a voice for the georgians. she will continue to be a voice for georgia and she will be a voice for voting rights. >> representative cannon, one of the ironies of what happened to you, and we all watched it play out on video and i think it was shocking for people to see, particularly the optics. gabriel sterling, who is an election official there, he essentially called the bill, particularly the part about not being able to give water, just simply bad opti

come up, we will talk with nelson griggs about coin base.ention on coin ba, c'tsewean forget about the bank stocks lots of banks reporting today, off their high levels as well. we'll be right back. >>> welcome back coin base going public today as the nasdaq's largest ever direct listing, period. the reference point was 250 a share. but coin base opened at 81 it is now trading at around 335 a share. for more on the historic moment, we are joined by leslie picker and nelson griggs, president of the new york stock exchange. >> thank you, nelson, for joining us today congrats on the direct listing it is the biggest direct listing by market cap and the first larm one for nasdaq interestingly, you have done about a dozen smaller direct listings the bigger ones that we have tracked, spotify, roblox, slack, pal anner the all went with the nyse what changed why were you able to bring coin base to the nasdaq in do you think this will portend more large companies to pursue this authored of going public >> thanks for having us on truly a watershed momen

thank you, attorney griggs, and i'll tell my daughter ashley hello for you. i'm sure she's watching and making sure i behaved. >>> joining me me now, global civil rights activist martin luther king iii. martin, we've talked a lot in the last few years about hundreds of voter restriction bills introduced at the state level since the year began, particularly this year. according to the brennan center for justice, that's 361 bills in 47 states as of march 24th. five of those bills have been signed into law. among them, georgia's. but the number that sticks out for me is the 108 suppression bills introduced in just the last six weeks. this feels just as much like an insurrection if you want to say it that we saw physically in the capitol in january, except without the confederate flags. what are your thoughts? >> there's no question that this is a rolling back of the rights of people, rights that my father and john lewis, so many actually worked to inquiry. some lost their lives, james reeve and cheney and jimmy lee jackson to name a few who lost their lives in t

either, you can answer it or attorney griggs.ted arrest, says you stomped on his right foot several times. he says you stomped on the other officer's foot, too. is that true? and also, what happened during the arrest that resulted in the injury of your arm? >> well, she's not going to comment on what the officers have alleged. they have alleged a lot of things, that they will have to prove those in a court of law. we believe that the facts and evidence, as we know them, are inconsistent with what the allegations are in that report. we also are in the process of getting her medical treatment, and the doctor will determine the extent of her injuries. but what we can say is the facts and the evidence from witnesses and video will show that she did nothing felonious in this incident. >> thank you so much for your time. i really appreciate it. be well. >> thank you, don. >> you too. >>> d.c. police officer michael fanone was tased and beaten during the capitol riot. then he suffered a heart attack. and take this. a second insurrection

more than $100 billion already later we are going to speak to the president of the nasdaq nelson griggsrect listing but first, frank,over to you. >> thank you. >>> financials leading the market highe

she is joined by her attorney, gerald griggs.ntative, thank you so much for your time tonight. >> thank you for having us this evening. georgia is on everyone's mind. but this is a national issue. >> you know, i wonder if you can just take us through what was in your mind, the whole thing. what were you trying to see and what was your reaction arrested -- when they reacted the way they did. >> well, i serve as the caucus secretary. so my first role was to reach out to as many legislators in the democratic caucus to let them know that the bill was being signed, just like i had been doing all day long when the bill was being debated, when the minority report was happening, when we were sending out information to constituents to let them know. so i wanted to be present in the room to witness what was happening. we look at this as equivalent to taking away the rights of five million black and brown georgians. there needed to be at least one in the room. >> and there wasn't. and you were arrested. were you surprised that they did not

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. >> necessaryson griggs and leslie picker thank you for joining us as we watch shares of coin base trading right now. thank you for watching "power lunch" "closing bell" starts right now. >>> thank you, morgan, and frank. welcome, everyone, to "closing bell." i'm sara eisen along with wilfred frost. mother mixed session on wall street on a jam-packed news day. the dow setting a record high, small caps are rallying. but the nasdaq and s&p 500 are in the red bitcoin is at a record and dome coin all the way up to 14 cents it's all about the base. crypto trading platform coin base making its highly anticipated wall street debut. the whole market is getting a lift setting a fresh high around $5,000 the federal reserve releasing its last beige book saying that the economy is recovering at a moderate pace. 59 minutes left to go in the session with the energy sector currently in the lead. wilfred. >> but off its highs ahead on today's show, two can't miss interviews on coin base and the future of the crypto market. we will speak with the coin base cofounder and board member fred ehrsam about the c