the hyatt hotel chain is facing boycott calls to the u.s. conservative conference featuring the states that appeared to resemble a nonsense. when the news americans appear to be getting fed up of so-called council culture after a poll found 64 percent of people believe it poses a threat to freedom we put the issue. we have to keep in mind that the. only ones. that simply should no longer exist well i would hate to live in a world where one people or heck even a group of people got to decide what was and wasn't racist and therefore what was and was not acceptable. back in the e.u. and u.s. for imposing sanctions over jailed opposition figure that the saying that they're interfering in russia. very good morning to you and thanks for joining us here on r.t. . he may be out of the white house but that doesn't mean that he's off the radar of social media giants. donald trump's 1st major post-presidential speech for violating its content rules. well trump's repeated his claim that the 2020 election was rigged that was while addressing the conserva

conference doesn't end with you tube's blocking of trump speech the hyatt hotel chain that hosted that event is now facing calls over a controversial stage design killable put explains when it comes to political conferences it's supposed to be the people on the stage to make the headlines not the stage itself but the shape of the stage at the annual conservative political action conference has become a headline in more ways than one after members of the liberal establishment noticed that it was the shape similar to a nazi rule and claimed this was intentional it was the hyatt hotel that hosted the event and now it's getting it in the neck such a stupid and short sighted business decision by her yet i've stayed in that hotel chain countless times over the years never again in other wards so to find hosts nonces. hate high out hotels highly inclusive does not mean hosting people who are not highly inclusive hosting a fascist nazi convention is the antithesis of inclusiveness you have made a grave error in judgment the imminent boycotts you're going to feel for years to come some fact che

stage design some thought to bear a resemblance to a nazi symbol a lot more but explains it was the hyatt hotel that hosted the event and now it's getting it in the neck such a stupid and short sighted business decision by her yet i've stayed in that hotel chain countless times over the years never again. in other words how you had to simply find hosts nonces hate high out hotels highly inclusive does not mean hosting people who are not highly inclusive hosting a fascist nazi convention is the antithesis of inclusiveness you have made a grave error in judgment and imminent boycotts you're going to feel for years to come some fact checking web sites are now even questioning whether it was done on purpose the shape of the nazi symbol is eerily similar to the shape of the stage at sea pink however we are presently unable to confirm whether this was a deliberate choice made by the event organizers the moments we rate this claim is unproven. the theory is that the sea pack stage resembled the odal room used in the archaic norse an anglo-saxon alphabets as the equivalent of the modern letter o and al

texas. >>> so as states start lifting restrictions and businesses reopen how will hotels fare this year joining us now, the hyattnd board chair of the hotel and lodging association. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me, wilfred. >> before we get to outlook and things going forward, the recent earnings were a bit of a miss. was that driven more by costs being more elevated than expected or revenues taking longer to pick up compared to expectations. >> i think the revenue picture from the fourth quarter -- into the fourth quarter of last year was relatively close to what we would have otherwise expected. and we did have some additional expenses heading into the end of the year, mostly in providing support to our hotel owners. that actually is what was a key driver of additional expenses that were really services that we elected to keep up at a higher level than the revenues were justified because we wanted to be able to support our owners as much as possible. >> in terms of outlook from here, are you in the camp that does believe the leisure will rebound quicker than business. what about the idea t

cpac organizers blasting hyatt hotels for buckling to cancel culture after twitter users like the evente stage design to a nazi symbol, and a citizen organizes call absurd. the chairman of the group to put on the event said hyatt and cpac organizers were working together to release a coordinated public response but hyatt released its own statement to curry favor with the cancel culture is on the left. is cancel culture behind his appearance of a documentary about to import justice clarence thomas from amazon prime? during black history month? one politically incorrect television host is offering a warning to skeptics on the left who don't buy into the existence of cancel culture. >> liberals need a stand your ground law for cancel culture. so that when the woke mob comes after you for some ridiculous offense you will stand your ground. cancel culture is real. it is insane, and it is growing exponentially and it is coming to a neighborhood near you. shannon: tonight's lightning round with the author of hate crime hoax, political science professor wilford riley, good to have you back. the

with the businesses hyatt hotel, target, starbucks and cvs among the many corporations will not dropents. but again, people are literally upset that the government will interfere less in your personal life. that is the level of the insanity from the left. once you have the power and the control. anyone in the politics, crats won't easily give it up. >> harris: quickly, johanna, we put up the map of the other states that don't have the mask mandates why didn't biden go after them? why single out texas and mississippi do you think? >> johanna: ill was a new announcement i wish mask wearing wasn't political. i hate the blame game. we have to end the global pandemic and we won't end that state by state. we have to work together to make sure every protection is in place. my dad is the small business owner. at the beginning of the pandemic iowa did not have a mask mandate and it was hard for him to enforce wearing masks in his own team. sometimes it can be helpful for the government to say masks and businesses are requirement. it's not the blame on the small business owner who is just tryi

among them, target, starbucks, cvs and hyatt hotels meantime, grocery chain albertson's gym airpooperatorsay they will not require face coverings. starbucks and mcdonald's, they have made similar announcements. this move comes as investors have been focusing on esg, environmental, social and corporate governance as they select stocks. now we got to turn back to it, the reddit rebellion, melvin capital is one of the hedge funds caught in the gamestop short squeeze in january new numbers suggest things might be looking up for gabe plotnik's firm our leslie picker joins us with the latest details. >> there's no doubt it's been a rough 2021 for melvin capital. the firm at the center of the gamestop saga is starting to turn things around in february we have learned from four sources familiar with the matter that melvin posted returns of 21.7% in february. those double digit games came after lossesof 53% in january on some wrong way short bets my sources were unwilling to disclose the specifics of what actually caused the turn around in february. the firm declined to comment on performance but

the blacklisting is happening you've got constant attacks on republicans even hyatt hotels has to defendcision to host cpac this year following backlash online the hashtag boycott hyatt trend on social media. a spokes fern for the company told fox business in an e-mail statement they, quote, take pride in operating a highly inclusive environment. your reaction, mike. >> i'm so glad that hyatt had the if guts to do something most corporations don't have the guts to do. and that's just say look we're a hotel business we're not into the politics of this stage that was dumbest thing i've ever heard i thought we exported photos from mars, apparently the democrats are exporting nutty conspiracy theories for mars. because where else could this come from when they talked about the shape of the stage as being some kind of symbol. several years ago maria, i did a television commercial at christmas in which i set in in front of a bookshelf i talked about christmas thrrm people who went on for weeks saying that there was a subliminal message and hidden cross behind me it was a bookshelf for herchs s

starbucks, target, hyatt hotel, cvs, all among the major companies that say they have no plans to drop mask requirements. other companies, including gym operator lifetime, name's familiar, been a while albertson's grocery stores, and a number of local restaurants plan to ease restrictions. some school districts are now debating whether to drop mask requirements yesterday, president biden said leaders in texas and mississippi were making a big mistake. >> being able to fundamentally change the nature of this disease because of the way in which we're able to get vaccines in people's arms we have been able to move that all the way up to the end of may to get every adult american to get a shot, and the last thing, the last thing we need is neanderthal thinking in the meantime, everything is fine, take off your mask forget it. it still matters. >> and texas governor greg abbott is going to respond he will join us at 8:40 a.m. eastern. he looks more, than really going all the way back i don't know i thought we -- our view of neanderthal has been elevated recently they were more sophisticated

first off, hotel stocks, hyatt and marriott all higher. to the cruise stocks norweigan, carnival and royal caribbean up to the air, the airline stocks jet blue and american up 4% as you can see there. jet blue, united and delta in the green. now let's go over to rahel for a cnbc news up date. i know she's way over my shoulder just by our news desk >> so far, yet so close. here is your cnbc news update. the teenager who shot that widely scene video of george floyd's death is testifying at dekrek chauvin's trial she described what she saw and why she tried to keep her younger cousin away from the encounter. the court is not allowing her face to be shown >> yes i see man on the ground and i see a cop kneeling down on him >> was there anything about the scene you didn't want your cousin to see? >> yes >> what was that >> a man territerrified, scared, begging for his life >>> it was delayed and lost access to complete data. top doctor who work tond report says research on coronavirus continues. more than 100 ships have moved through the suez ca

hotels for buckling the cancel culture. after twitter users likened the advent to simple and c-pac organizers call absurd. it's a coordinated public response by hyatturry favor with the cancel culturist of th left. behind the recent disappearance of a documentary about supreme court justice clearance justice during black history month. when politically incorrect television host is offering a warning to skeptics on the left don't buy into the existence of cancel culture. >> liberals needs is the underground law. for cancel culture. so that when the woke mob comes after you for some ridiculous offense you stand your ground cancel culture is real, it's insane, and it's growing exponentially and it's coming t a neighborhood near you. >> tonight's lightning round started with the author of hate crimes hope. good to have you back. >> good to be here. >> so cagle james who is president of heritage, she is a conservative african-american the tweets it's hard to understand why the life story story this been so inspirationa to so many has been removed fro amazon prime during black history month. what's going on by the way we'v asked few and have not gotten a