and civil liberties i want you to have a listen to the founder of the organization algorithmic justice league and she's speaking to congress about the systems and this in this clip in particular caught on c.-span here in the u.s. she's speaking to a representative of the standard. take a look at this tweet and britain now the exchange here because it's so interesting a.l.c. starts with our algorithms most effective on women some going to scroll down and have you listen to a little part of that. we need i heard your opening statement and we saw that these algorithms are effective to different degrees so are the most effective on women. are they most effective on people of color absolutely not are they most effective on people of different gender expression no in fact the exclude them so what different graphic is it mostly effective on white men and who are the primary engineers and designers of these algorithms definitely white men so so feel peer outside of the u.s. where you can see what it is the discussion is and that's happening in the u.s. what do you make of this in these systems and th

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it beat lots of others like "justice league." it's a point worth making.re not allowed to wear masks, they were not allowed to bring toy weapons and you remember that unfortunate shooting that happened in 2012, "the dark knight rises" so because this movies so dark and twisted, tons of police presence, tons of precautions. stuart: in new york city, i believe, someone was in the movie, watching the movie, laughed loudly at the murder scenes. other people got nervous, some left. he was escorted out. that's sort of the anxiety. deirdre: everybody is on edge. they want to go but they're on edge. stuart: no face paint or masks permitted. on edge. got it. >>> a recent episode of "south park" has been removed from the internet in china. ashley: it was offensive. it's very popular. it's about just china and its censorship. it makes fun of hollywood changing its movies to suit chinese censors. the episode is called "banned in china." that's b-a-n-d because it's a story about a band that has a movie made about it and they make fun of all the changes that have to be

will put an end to the glorification of the dictator and finally bring justice to the victims of his dictatorship. champions league football now and we're halfway through the group stage wednesday nights much as sore defending champions liverpool defeat belgian side gang but napoli stayed top of group b. with a win over salzburg boss alone of the slavia prague to lead group af because dortmund lost to enter milan leipzig defeated senate in group g. chelsea tops group h. after its win over x. y. little and valencia played to a draw in that match at leipzig the hosts came from behind to beat russian champions and it sent petersburg then it took the lead 1st scoring in the 25th minute but after a tactical change at half time likely rallied 1st equalising 4 minutes into the 2nd half through conrad lima and the 21 victory was sealed by marcel severe who converted a long range shot to put leipzig top of group g. . this is the news just a top just a reminder of our top story. u.s. president donald trump has lifted the sanctions imposed on turkey after an crowell launched an offensive into syria earlier this month trump's

setting will put an end to the glorification of dictator and finally bring justice to the victims of his dictatorship. champions league football now and we're halfway through the group stage wednesday night's matches or defending champions liverpool defeat belgian side dank but napoli stayed top of group e. with a win over salzburg austria learn to beat slavia prague to lead group f. because dortmund lost to inter milan in group g. live see defeated senate chelsea tops group h. after its win over while little and valencia played to a draw and finally this scientist in the us have been teaching rats to drive tiny cars the rodents were given small plastic vehicles which they could drive towards a target where they were rewarded with a tasty treat miniature motorists had a choice of left right and forwards on the researchers found they could navigate a complex routes what's more the routes that had wheels turned out to be happier than their counterparts and how to navigate the rat race on foot. you're watching the news from berlin coming up next is the so-called islamic state using aiming to use the phillip things as its

will put an end to the glorification of the dictator and finally bring justice to the victims of his dictatorship. champions league football now and where halfway through the group stage wednesday night's match is saw a defending champions liverpool defeat belgian side gangs but now police state top of group e. with an win over salzburg barcelona beat slavia prague to lead group f. because dortmund lost to inter milan in group g. leipzig defeated senate chelsea topped the group age after its win over i.x. while little and valencia played to a draw. and finally this scientists in the u.s. have been teaching rats to drive tiny cause the rodents were given small plastic vehicles which they could drive towards a target where they were rewarded with a tasty treat the miniature motorist had a choice of left right and forwards and the researchers found they could navigate complex routes what's more the rats that had wheels turned out to be happier than their counterparts that had to navigate the rat race on foot. this is news just a reminder of our top story. u.s. president donald trump has lifted the sanctions imposed o

league. no justice. no justice in is tragic and senseless legal experience in the us and more this is tragic and senseless legal experience in the us and more on syria how many more times will trump flip flop is this american president ron syria how many more times will trump flip flop is this american president remotely in control of his own form. fully in control of his own form. just. just. listening to you it is a. mistake to do it it is a bit. of a look at the. pentagon. and its its. function kit selling its. states leader saying the u.s. is on the way saying in its community the best a template is terrorism what they bring it in its commitment to tackling terrorism . the united states united any other issue and in the any other issue in the world the kept our focus is the power and the will fail to hunt to the end of the engines of the earth. the those who are british to harbor and harm. the american. people. british prime minister it is the prime minister distances tend to get an early election is

to prime minister sheikh hasina as dawning of ami league at least 11 suspects have been arrested by the police and the prime minister has promised justice will be done. justice for opera. that's the rallying cry going up all over bangladesh university in the capital dhaka. thousands of students have been protesting to demand action after the violent killing of one of their classmates at the country's leading engineering school. this is the dormitory room where opera fod was tortured and beaten over several hours the attackers fellow students upset by his political views friends are appalled. umbrella. group believes just like in the middle east to a student there would be done with it. just because of the different different opinions because if there are no one is supposed to have different opinions in our country and the society. was killed after posting comments on facebook criticizing deals signed by prime minister sheikh hasina during a visit to delhi last week. many bangladeshis believe the agreements which include a water sharing pact with india go against their country's interests. the suspects are allegedly linked to the ruling

justice. he was always a voice out there. once he retired from major league baseball, activism was in his blood and the movement was heating up and she jumped right in their and found every way he could to continue to use his voice. >> host: what about his endorsement of richard nixon? >> guest: it was a good day. i told him -- i was 10-years-old and, you know, it was my first discussion with him about politics. by fifth grade teacher, i asked who my father was voting for and i didn't have enough self-confidence [inaudible] i went home and had the discussion with my dad and i learned about integrity and commitment and he made a commitment to richard nixon but thankfully didn't support him the second time around and learned that nixon wasn't going to listen to him early in the campaign. he met with kennedy, kennedy did and was ten and i explained it to me about trust and how you establish trust with somebody and also he said that the voting record y was not -- he had a chance to work on these issues as a senator and he had done it so we continue to have those

court -- [ crowd chanting ] >> reporter: the justices heard the case of gerald bostock, fired from a county job in georgia after joining a gay softball league. >> i lost my livelihood, my source of income i lost my medical insurance. i was still recovering from prostate cancer. >> reporter: he sued but lower courts threw his case out. >> the civil rights act of 1964 -- >> reporter: they ruled that the 1964 civil rights act signed by president johnson, which bans job discrimination on the basis of race and sex, among other factors, does not cover sexual orientation. bostock's lawyer says firing someone for being gay is discrimination based on sex. >> and you can't think about a person's sexual orientation without thinking about his sex, right? a gay man is only a gay man if he is a man attracted to other men. >> reporter: the court als heard the case of aimee stephens, fired after she told her boss she is transgender. the lawyer for her former employer says the civil rights act doesn't protect her. >> all americans and american businesses in particular have the right to rely on what the law says, not what someone wants it to mean >> reporter

justice kennedy came from the west. all of you went to jail or harvard law school and most if he went to ivy league. there's not much diversity in that respect on the court now, is that anything that you think will have an impact. >> a certain number of justices come from the west coast provinces, that was arizona because there was to justice -- the population of arizona -- >> until justice cleopatra way there were four of you for five boroughs of new york city. so we whatever, the haunting were missing was staten island. >> whatever the president was would've been looking for someone 50 years old from harvard and staten island. >> it's quite a few of them. >> should that matter? should -- >> there was a time earlier in our history when they return geographic areas that were presumed to be, a southern seat or something like that. should that matter? >>. >> diversity of experience, includes where you grew up.. >> you left,. i'm going to ask -- justice o'connor was a troubled of, people who she was this is maybe the first time in a long time that someone knew the name of someone and the face of somebod

>> the justices heard the case of gerald bostock, fired from a county job in georgia, after joining a gay softball league. he sued, but lower courts threw his case out. they ruled that the 1964 civil rights act, signed by president johnson, which bans job discrimination on the basis of race and sex, among other factors, does not cover sexual orientation. bostock's lawyer says firing someone for being gay is discrimination based on sex. >> trevor: man, this is going to be a huge case. and we're going to have to wait to see what the court decides. but if you ask me, it's crazy that you can fire someone for being gay. you know? i mean, like, if you get fired at work, it should only be for work reasons, like stealing or not showing up or saying you like the final episode of "game of thrones." you should be fired. ( laughter ) it's like a big deal. also, i've always wondered, how do you fire someone for being gay? you can't tell who is gay. if people haven't come out, you don't know. you don't know what gay is. are you going to have bosses walk up to employees, "you're fired for being gay." he's like, "i'm no

china is running torture camps, >> reporter: the league's most bankable brand and the nba have a lot riding on the chinese market advocates for social justice, that he has got to find a better way to express what he's feeling, because it makes him look very craven it makes him look like he just cares about the money. >> reporter: james and his teammates recently returned from a trip to china with controversy hanging in the air he tweeted, "my team and this league just went through a difficult week i think people need to understand what a tweet or statement can do to others." words now cutting in both directions ron mott, nbc news >>> a powerful fall nor'easter is on the horizon tonight forecast to rapidly intensify into a bomb cyclone. with the risk of floods andel al roker has the new track. al, what are you looking at here >> well, lester, we arwith down in the south with the radar. heavy showers and thunderstorms along this stalled front. southeastern atlantic coast. tomorrow the storm intensifies rapidly off the midatlantic coast. heavy rain from new york all the way down to the delmarva peninsula. we move through the day on thursday, w

a bunch of repurposed trump tweets and then a little bit of league analysis that could have been written by an undergraduate criminal justice student with apologizes to undergraduate criminal justice students because it makes so many legal claims that are unsupportable. and it has the president has been denied his right to cross-examine witnesses. there haven't -- we are in the house investigation phase of the impeachment process where the trial itself, if there's any place to cross-examine witnesses, it would be in the senate when there's a trial. it's these ridiculous platitudes and there's one sentence where i had to do a triple take. the house -- the white house counsel asserts that the due process clause applies to impeachment proceedings. and i was wondering what supreme court case stands for that proposition and instead they gave it as a footnote with a trial court judge who once said that in 1992 in a case that was then vacated. it's not precedent in the first instance and even if it was, that opinion has been vacated. we could spend eight hours looking at every sentence of this letter, but it's laughable. >> you've

one case a justice heard involved a man from georgia who says his employer fired him after he joined a gay softball leagueer says the firing had nothing to do with the man's sexual orientation. fewer than half of u.s. states have laws that ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. kristen fisher reporting live from outside the supreme court. hello kristen. >> hey shep. the justices appeared to be divided on ideological lines. the four behind ral justices seemed sympathetic to arguments that lgbtq should be covered against discrimination at work based on sex religion and race while some conservative justices express reservations about those protections being extended and justice gorsuch asked questions of both sides and one point said sex did seem to be a contributing cause when analyzeing whether a person was fired based on sexual orientation but warned of social upheaval if the court ruled in favor of gay and transgender workers instead of letting congress decide and rule. >> they would eliminate all sex specific policies in the workplace whether showers dress codes ev

the american antidiscrimination committee, the antidefamation league and embassy international. asian american advancing of justicethe ark church world services counseling americans islamic relations and engaged foundation, national legislation, japanese-american citizens league, muslim public affairs council, national council of jewish women, national immigration law center, jews and muslims and allies acting together, like affairs alliances iran native americans, international refugees assistance projects, the statement from senatoror cues, representative chew on their legislation all the know and a act. that went out objection those statements will be made ark of the record. >> i also would ask a letter dated september 23rd 2019 of a variety of national security experts democrats and republicans who have had the highest security clearance on the nature of the van and how it doesn't make sense. >> at that went out objection. we will be in recess for five minutes waiting for other panel club before you leave, i'll just note that the record will be open for five days when you're in which members may ask additional

to be a priority for the intelligence community, so the league domestic intelligence organization is the fbi, importantly it is part of the justice department, it is tethered to oversight and civil liberties protections that come with being part of the justice department or reporting to congress etc, so first and foremost because of all the things bobby and others have said about the real dangers of getting too far afield when we are talking about speech that is protected by the first amendment, you want to be tethered to a structure, but what it would do is it would signal to the intelligence community, including the fbi that this is a priority, right they have established since 9/11 a tremendous with law enforcement as well as community organizations, as nick pointed out and as mary said the individuals who are going down a dark path and end up committing these heinous acts of violence and in some cases massacre or among us, now none of us here is, would be advocating some type of report on your neighbor structure but what we are talking about here is being aware, understanding that the solutions are going to come from committe

as the justices heard arguments in landmark cases regarding workplace protections for the lgbtq community. in one case, gerald bosays he lost his job in georgia after joining a gay softball league. amy stevens was fired from a detroit area funeral home after informing her boss that she wanted to transition. >> and hopefully we can fix that and correct it. >> that will hurt everyone. >> the plaintiffs also received support from actress lavern cox who is transgender. the courts for liberal justices appear likely to vote in favor of the plaintiffs. they would need one more vote to prevail. >>> a key witness in the trial of a former police officer was killed in a drug deal gone bad. dallas police are searching for two men, thaddeus green and michael mitchell in connection with the murder of joshua brown. they and another man travelled from louisiana to texas to purchase drugs friday when a fight broke out. brown's emotional testimony just days before his murder ultimately leddy to the conviction of amber guyger, the former dallas loofr who shot and killed her neighbor, botham jean. >>> police and peace activists gathering in san francisco to discuss ways to stop gun viles. gun viol

justices' spirited debate. >> i was fired for being gay. >> reporter: gerald bostock says he lost his job in georgia after joining a gay recreational softball league it's a much bigger issue than just me. >> reporter: transgender woman aimee stephens said she was fired from a michigan funeral home after she revealed she was transitioning from a man. >> and we all deserve the same rights. >> reporter: today, they asked the court to rule that title vii of the 1964 federal civil rights act, which prohibits discrimination based on an individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, also protects employees based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. but conservative justices suggested those arguments should be directed instead at congress. justice samuel alito: amuel alito: "the point is the discrimination on the basis of sex in the sense that congress understood it in 17 1964 is a different concept from the discrimination on the basis of sexual o justices noted far-reaching implications-- same-sex bathrooms, dress codes, and transgender women playing on rmen's sports teams. congress repeatedly has refused to change the 1964 law t

being progressive and lebron james, aside from being in the league's best player, is among the most outspoken when it comes to social justices. but then lebron said that houston rockets general manager daryl morey's tweet in support of hong kong democracy protesters was, quote, misinformed. watch created >> i just think that when you are misinformed or you're not educated about something, and i'm just talkingt the tweet itself, you never knoe ramifications are created >> that prompted fans and lawmakers to lash out at lebron asking if he was educated on the situation and is saying he was supporting communist agenda. john wolf and called it the most disgraceful moment him his career and so today lebron doubled down. it i think people need to understand what it tweet or statement can do to others and i believe nobody stops and considered what would happen. could've waited a week to send it." needless to say, the heat on lebron is still very high. in fact, in hong kong, they are burning lebron jerseys. >> sean: thank you, trace. let's not forget lebron james supported nfl kneelers like colin kaepernick, called trump a balm for

itself on being progressive and lebron james, aside from being in the league's best player, outspoken when it comes to social justicessues, but theng lebron said that houstonen it cs rockets general manager daryl to social justice issues. but then lebron said that houston rockets gen morey's tweet in support of hong kong democracy protesters was, quote, misinformed. watch. tweet in >> i just think that when you st of hong kong dem are misinformed or you're nott protesters was, quote, educated about something, and misinformed. watch created >> i just think that when you are misinformed or you' i'm just talking about the tweed itself, you never know what the ramifications.so >> that prompted fans and'must t the tw lawmakers to lash out att itselw lebron asking if he washat the ramifications are created >> that prompted fans and lawmakers to lash out at lebron asking educated on the situation and is saying he was supporting if he was educated on the situation and is say communist agenda.g john wolf and called it the mose disgraceful moment him his was career and so today lebron supporting communi john wf and called it

justice and freedom in our everyday mobs. our german history or syrians starts october 21st on d w. but top of the table is packed like sardines with no wiggle room at all in this league can't get any more competitive than that welcome to the show that bears the same name right here on t w match state is nearly eaten highlights plus expert analysis is on the menu here's what we've got cooking. the royal blue the salt they had the chance to reign supreme in the standings becoming number one required getting 3 points for their road test it hoffenheim and is something rotten in the state of me store winger j.b. and since she was benched against blubaugh for reporting late after the international break to severe or the right remedy. chris harrington joining me for sunday's shindig is right saved and we have every chris cambridge welcome back to the show and thanks for having me chris all right and we have our very own wonderboy getaway tom you ready to get down absolutely pleasure to be ok now before we get to you too let's head into day's action and often high. to lead or not to leave the standees that was the question shaka had to ask themselves prior to kicking off aga

justice unit to be leaders on the issue. it's that commitment that earned me endorsement from the league of conservation voters and sierra club. it's these ideas that have earned me endorsements of 150 groups, elected officials and community organizations from the seer club to the firefighters and the deputy sheriffs, fiona mar, leaders on the school board and the state assemble. i would be honored to earn your support. thank you. >> hi, my name is nancy. i'm running to be your next district attorney. i've spent the last 18 years as a prosecutor, 11 of them in the san francisco district attorney office. i've worked my way up as a prosecutor. i've tried misdemeanors, felonies. and public integrity cases, including police misconduct, public corruption, fraud and embezzlement. when it comes to criminal justice in san francisco we have serious problems we must confront. we see every day what is happening in the district attorney's office and on our streets isn't working. our criminal justice system cannot continue to ignore victims and everyday crimes that affect us all. as district attorney, i will prioritize and prosecute the c

highly interesting, dana, and instructive, this is a league that's gone out of its way to posture as woke and politically correct and sort of social justice oriented over the last few years chls. they famously pulled their all-star game out of charlotte after there was a controversial bathroom bill with transgender people in that state legislature in north carolina. the nba took a stand and said we're not going to have our all-star game in that state if that's the law you're going to pass. recently, the commissioner of the nba said they're going to stop using the term "owners" to describe people who own franchisers because they said it was like slavery and some of that language although i think that comparison fails completely. so they've gone out of the way of saying look at us, we're progressive and woke in the nba. but, when it comes to trying to cultivate a massive new lucrative emerging fan base in an authoritarian country of a billion people, chinese government, the communist government in beijing, not only are they staying neutral on apparently issues like hong kong, i'd love to know what the nba thinking about, you know, the conce

urban and more nonwhite than the other big leagues in the u.s., so basically when they have lebron james and steve kerr, greg popovich go out, talk about social justiceheir american fans unfortunately, that same promotion of social justice doesn't play well with chinese fans or with obviously the chinese government >> well, phil, i mean, social justice doesn't always play so well here in the united states when it comes to sport either, so one pundit was telling lebron james to shut up and dribble not too long ago now the nba is expected to speak up how are the athletes and i guess from our perspective now the brands, the teams supposed to navigate this social justice blow back not just in china but the u.s., when it is good to stand up for american values and when apparently it is not. >> it is a difficult tight rope to walk and the players so far have been pretty silent as well as the coaches, steve kerr, greg popovich have made somewhat noncommittal statements about the whole issue so far it is a difficult thing. i think players feel as though sometimes when they do speak out about social justice, social issues in states, they're told to shut up an

justice o'connor could not say terrified, but certainly understood the challenge before her in which she undertook this position in which she never operated, she was thrilled to be playing in the big leagues in could you talk about that? >> she was very visible in the way she conducted herself. there was a fair amount of stress. we felt that we worked harder because she had to [no audio] when we circulated an opinion, -- almost singing her way back to the chambers and joinersuaded someone to one of our opinions, that was a big moment in the could tell she felt like she had really made a difference. andhen she left the court the civics,mately how do you think her vision of all those years of everything from national security to playedn, the issue she's a decisive role in two why this country is, i wonder how her idea ofnimated her civics. her think it comes partly time on court and partly other things. that i civics is her greatest legacy and a lot of people have doubts about that because it seems little .ounterintuitive one of the things i learned is she said something that was counterintuitive, you should stop and think about it because you're probably right. this comes out of love not o

league, certainly. a massive deal with nike and a big movie release in china waiting in the wings. all the money has made mr. social justicehink the wisdom of wading into politics. at least some politics. and he is sounding a little bit more like me. >> i would be cheating my teammates by continuing to harp on something that won't benefit us. trying to win a championship, because that is what we are here for. we are not politicians. >> laura: thank you. i couldn't have said it better myself but i already did. also tonight, you heard what the 2020 democratic candidates said last night during the debate, but there's a lot to learn about what they didn't say. joining me now, body language expert extraordinaire tanya ryman. all right, let's start with the front runners. let's do joe biden and elizabeth warren. at the end of the night, it seemed tensions were getting kind of heart. this is a good old joe addressing liz. >> i agreed with the great job she did and i went on the floor and got you votes! i got votes for that bill. i convinced people to vote for it. so let's get those things straight, too. >> it's and forcing, i fee

league's commissioner. nba players speak out on topics of social justice and human rights inside the u.s.es pride in defending their right to do so. yet while it is easy to defend freedom of speech when it costs you nothing, equivocating when profits are at stake is a betrayal of fundamental american values. cheryl casone from the fox business network. >> a big money story for the players and nba and why we haven't heard from lebron james on this issue. in the last hour there was a press conference canceled. the game is over in china. but the nba has a multi-billion dollar stake in china. $4 billion stake. the players also have endorsement deals in china and they have a lot of money on the line. the bigger question is the nba is an american league supported by american fans and i'm sorry, china seems to be bullying the nba and it seems to be working and -- >> bill: they stepped in something they did not expect. hang on a moment and we'll fix your microphone. jason whitlock from fox sports was with us last hour and he said this. >> i just hope these guys are getting educated about the whol

justices will decide whether existing federal law makes it illegal to fire employees because they're gay, lesbian or transgender. gerald lost his county job in georgia after joining a gay softball league>> i was fired for being gay. i lost everything. i lost my livelihood, my source of income. >> the question, does the civil rights law that bans sex discrimination also apply to sexual orientation. the court will decide whether states can block religiously affiliated schools from scholarship programs funded with taxpayer money, whether to issue its first ruling on gun rights in nearly a decade, and whether to approve new restrictions on the right of access to abortion. and the court might take up a battle over how the electoral college is supposed to work, which is how america chooses its president. a big uncertainty is the health of justice ruth bader ginsburg after battles with lung and pancreatic cancers. >> at my age, 86, you have to take it year by year, so i know i'm okay. i was okay this last term. i expect to be okay next term. >> justice ginsburg says she intends to serve as long as she can devote full steam to the job. pete williams, nbc nuews at the supreme court. >> a lot o

justices will decide whether existing federal law makes it illegal to fire employees because they're gay, lesbian, or transgender. gerald lost his county job in georgia after joining a gay softball leaguered for being gay. i lost everything. >>> i lost my income and my medical insurance. >> does a law that bans sex discrimination also apply to sexual orientation? >> the court will decide whether states can block religiously affiliated schools with strscho programs with taxpayer money. and abortion. and the court may look at how the lech toll college is supposed to work which is how america chooses the president. a big uncertainty is the health of justice ruth bader ginsburg after recent battles with lung and pancreatic cancers. >> at my age, 86, you have to take it year by year. i know i'm okay, i was okay this last term, i expect to be okay next term. >> justice ginsburg says she intends to serve as long as she can devote full steam to the job. pete williams, nbc news, at the supreme court. >> and our thank you to pete williams for that report. >>> and still ahead, reporting the gop senator ron johnson winced when he heard ukraine aid is being tied to an investigation of the bidens. w

the justices will decide whether existing federal law makes it illegal to fire employees because they're gay, lesbian or transgender. gerald lost his county job after joining a gay softball leaguei was fired for being gay. i lost everything. i lost my livelihood. i lost my source of income. i lost my medical insurance. >> reporter: the question, does the civil rights law that bans sex discrimination also apply to sexual orientation? the court will also decide whether states can block religiously affiliated schools from scholarship programs funded with taxpayer money? whether to issue its first ruling on gun rights in nearly a decade and whether to approve new restrictions on the right of access to abortion. the court might take up a battle how the lower college -- a big uncertainty is the health of justice ruth bader ginsburg after recent battles with lung and pancreatic cancers. >> at my age, 86, you have to take it year by year. so i know i'm okay. i was okay this last term. i expect to be okay next term. >> reporter: justice ginsburg says she intends to serve as long as she can devote full steam to the job. pete williams, nbc news at the supreme court. >>> coming up in our n

justice. bring your family history to life like never before. get started for free at ancestry.com today's consumer major league baseball's post season gets underwayus for some people in the stands. >> there have been several high profile incidents of fans being hit by foul balls, including a 2-year-old girl this season. how serious is this problem? is it getting worse? turns out that tracking down that answer wasn't as easy as some might think we have nbc consumer correspondent vicky nguyen here. you did an investigation and it's really interesting what he found. it wasn't easy to track this down >> it's an exciting time, playoff baseball but as we know, this is a sport that is all about numbers and stats, but when we started digging deeper to understand just how often fans are hurt by balls that fly into the stands, the teams didn't want to play ball sod usme tolhey don't keep track of that information, others said it was a privacy issue. the number of foul balls has increased 10% since 2000 now some mlb insiders say the game has just changed. they think more should be done to protect fans. just this season, a ball hit into the stands, fracturin

justice kennedy came from the west. now you're all pretty much from the eastern part of the united states. all of you went to yale or harvard law school. and most of you went to ivy league undergraduate. principle t princeton was a big part of it. so, there's not much diversity in that respect on the court now. is that anything that you think has an impact or -- >> some high courts, canada's high court has proportional -- geographical representation. so, a person number of justices come from the west coast provinc provinces. we don't do that. in fact, there was one state that it was vastly overrepresented, and that was arizona, because there was chief justice rehnquist and justice o'connor. population of arizona is not -- >> until justice scalia passed away, there were four of you from the five boroughs of new york city. >> so, we were diverse. the only thing we were missing was staten island. >> i'm sure the president, if he had an opportunity, whoever the president was, would have been looking for someone 50 years old from harvard and staten island. >> there's quite a few of them, by the way. >> should that matter? there was a time earlier in our history when there we

to mark a point in our country where the sports leagues, and the players are no longer will get full support from the media as advocates of social justiceecause of everything that is going on in the world now, between taiwan, china, and so forth, the media is, did not have the nba's back on this, and come out like they did in support of nba when they pulled the all-star game from charlotte a few years ago, because of the lgbtq law and stuff like that, or the super bowl with the nfl in 1990, because arizona, did not have support for martin luther king paid holiday. this, believe me is an inflection point. sports leagues have been called out. neil: you know, yesterday we had you know, sports industry watcher was saying a lot of this has to do with nike. nike, he is charging has a double standard comes to this stuff. abuses in other countries fine. in ours, not so fine. target that and worse here, not so abroad. and it is nike leading this. what did you make of that? >> oh, i think that is 100% true, neil. nike only gets about 16% of its sales from china. but last quarter the revenue grew 22% compared to north america where they get 40% of

justice warriors. now that the general manager of the houston rockets actually supported people who are fighting for their freedom in hong kong and now the leaguevoiceless. the chinese government told everybody over there, should up and dribble, they are complying. they shut up and dribbled to basketball, didn't talk to the press. are not going to make a statement. this is just a story about really nike and its dependence upon the chinese market, its dependence on asian labor. nike dictates, nike is a 40 billion-dollar a year business. the nba is a 8 billion-dollar a year business. nike is the one who is telling the nba we can't get crossways with the chinese government and we will acquiesce and we will shut up, dribble and obey. neil: one thing to sort of make a statement loudly, they will not bo to the white house, you don't flip over this president, when it comes to china and treatment of protesters, that is very different? >> it is completely different and it is exposing some hypocrisy here. i hope it is also an educational experience for lebron james and a lot of these athlete because, again, nike's involvement in china and what that means