he eventually was able to place his mini bat, his top seller, in every major league baseball park. business was great, and they were pulling in over $4 million a year and making a hefty buck. but in 2008, a major sporting-good company entered the novelty game, and almost immediately, coopersburg's business was cut in half. today the company operates in a facility that's outdated, using a process that's pure chaos. scott: we're supposed to have 3,000, which is what the order's for. ben: whoever pulled it didn't put it on the inventory system. lemonis: while scott recently brought his kids, jackie... jackie: dad! lemonis: ...and ben to help run the company and bring in a fresh perspective... jackie: can we talk about sales goals? scott: [ sighs ] i got to get this done today. i mean, i don't have time. jackie: whatever. lemonis: ...scott is reluctant to let them make changes... ben: there's batteries that have been sitting there for five years. lemonis: ...and sales continue to slide. ben: what are we doing with those? jackie: we need to get our...together. lemonis: if i can get coope

especially they don't want to see him celebrated he wasn't run out of major-league baseball because he was gay but he played himself out of the game he was not a good enough player. he hit over 305 times in the league. set stolen base records in two different leagues. as a rookie the longtime dodger player and coach said he has the potential to become the next willie mays. plenty of players have potential he can to fall in that category but i don't think so. dusty baker said he got a better jump on the ball than anybody he had ever seen. he had a great arm. good enough player as a rookie to start two games in the national league championship series in the phillies in 77. start game number one yankee stadium in the world series. the dodgers had a lot of hope in him. in a 77 off-season dodger management confronts glenn and says we know you're gay. we would like you to get married we will pay you $75000 to cover this up. he said married to a woman? know. i will not do that. that's when they put out to the press he's not a good enough player why they want to trade him. he gets to the oakla

major league baseball worked extremely hard to get us on the field.usly, and make sure we protect where we're at right now. >> reporter: a long season ahead with so much at stake, on and off the field. steve patterson, nbc news, scottsdale, arizona. >> lots to get excited about you have baseball, extended nfl season all kind of good stuff. >> things looking up. >> yeah. now, the final four is set after elite eight drama. last-second shot didn't find the net, giving ucla a 49-51 win over michigan. gonzaga kept their historic run alive against usc. they're two wins away from college basketball's first undefeated season since 1976 >>> in the women's elite eight, south carolina put on a defensive clinic against texas they held the long horns to zero points, absolutely nothing in the fourth quarter the 2017 champs are back in the final four they beat texas, 62-34 top seeded stanford overcame a slow start against louisville. the cardinals will return to the final four with a 78-63 win. looking forward to those games coming up on the weekend going for housto

major league baseball major league soccer the national hockey league naomi osaka in tennis when all of these folks in quick order in a matter of hours decided that they were going to go on strike for black lives it was such a remarkable moment because it is an equal in sports history we're dealing with history without a compass we've never seen athletes step up to this degree and we've certainly never seen them use their labor power to say that racism needs to be challenged. and that's right that happened because so many different sports happened because jacob blake who who thankfully is not dead was shot by the police in the back and that video went viral and then after that when we're not playing we can't we play i want to share with you shannon ryan stuart she's a sports reporter at the chicago tribune and she let me dave says this is something that very different that's happening with sports and athletes let's take a look usually when you think about athlete protests we're thinking about individuals maybe muhammad ali or tommy smith and john raising their fists at a 960 olympics co

a hopeful sign for sports fans, major league baseball teams are allowing fans to return to spring training at limited capacity and governor newsome is hinting that the return of fans to the bay area's stadiums might happen next month. kron four's gayle ong has details from oakland. >>governor gavin newsome says baseball fans may be able to watch their favorite team play in person on opening day, but that all depends of people don't let their guard down with covid-19 do that. >>advanced conversations governor gavin newsome telling reporters wednesday, the possibility of baseball fans returning to the stadium working on the final details but we've been working very closely with major league baseball others. across the spectrum working with local health officers, the governor adding the state's covid hospitalizations dropped 43% that's why he's confident more restrictions will be loosened in the near future under one condition if we all do our job and we don't let down our guard and spike the ball wrong sport. but get the point. then i all the world fans will be back. >>safely in a lot of tho

major league baseball stadiums at 20%. then masks. 15 states with no mask mandate or plans to lift them. tonight the cdc urging caution, saying the masks are helping with the drop in covid cases and deaths. and the images from across the country tonight. look at this -- the home of the indy 500 a mass vaccination site. nearly 17,000 appointments this weekend. >>> the debate at this hour in the senate on president biden's covid relief bill. status of those $1,400 checks. rachel scott live on the hill. >> news on new york governor andrew cuomo. what some state lawmakers are moving to do. and one of the women accusing him of misconduct. the investigation into the attack on the capitol, and tonight, news of an arrest. a former trump appointee at the state department now accused of attacking police officers on that day. >>> u.s. forces in iraq. that attack on a base with american forces and tonight our martha raddatz one-on-one with defense skort lloyd austin asking, what kind of response americans can expect. >>> meantime, pop

>>when the 2021 major league soccer season kicks off next month. we're looking forward to continue to making our home a welcoming place for all. >>so what do medical professionals think about all of this our team coverage continues with kron four's michelle kingston. she asks i'm a bay area doctors whether they considered safe for california to reopen. >>makes and i think it's pretty relatively low risk i think that it's so it's a reasonable step at this point i. >>completely applaud the decision bay area doctors weighing in on the big announcement made by state officials on friday allowing ball parks and amusement parks to reopen with restrictions next month's opening up outdoor venues. >>is probably appropriate to you know insist that people still wear as much as possible and that the number of that allowed in the ballpark at any given time or is limited and same thing with amusement park and while this decision would have been unthinkable several months ago, doctors say are improving vaccine. distribution plan is making a world of a difference.

major league baseball has worked extremely hard to get us back on the field. we want to take our responsibility seriously and make sure we protect where we're at right now >> reporter: a long season ahead with so much at stake on and off the field. steve patterson, nbc news, scottsdale, arizona. >>> in this holy season, the platforms of nbc news are focusing this week on faith. tonight, matt bradley takes us inside jerusalem where christians, jews and muslims are all observing religious holidays amid the pandemic >> reporter: this week in jerusalem, three of the world's major religions are gathering for holy week as a successful vaccine campaign slowly resurrects life from before the pandemic more than 50% of israeli citizens are now fully vaccinated according to the ministry of health saliba patiotos has lived in this old city his whole life >> the people who live in jerusalem, they are holy people, don't worry. together, jews, muslims, christians together hand by hand and we give jerusalem an example to the world that we live we suffer, but we live >> report

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card and then it puts you first in line for when individual tickets are released for the game major league baseball's opening day is april first 2021. has made kron 4 >>a significant national news tonight texas is lifting its mask mandate making it by far the largest state in the country to end in order intended to prevent the spread of covid governor greg abbott today made the announcement saying texas is reopening 100%. so far the virus has killed more than 43,000 texans it's also important to note the federal mask mandates are still in effect meaning people in texas must technically still wear masks on all federal land in airports on planes trains ferries boats buses. all forms of public transportation. texas will also do away with the limits on the number of people that restaurants can serve indoors. the new rules. we'll take effect on march 10th and governor newsome quickly sharing his thoughts on twitter calling that move in texas quote absolutely reckless. well it has been a big day for voting rights in washington dc, including the debate in congress over what is called the for the

>>we're going to start with the 2021 major league baseball season though in terms of when fans could have an opportunity to see live games cut forces seek the check-in with the a's and giants to get their plans for what's going to happen with fans at the ballparks. >>great it's a beautiful day in arizona at 78 degrees and we're playing baseball and as you can see they're doing it but socially distance fans did attendance for spring training oakland a's president dave kaval talked about the plan to bring fans back to the coliseum as we've been working closely with the state and county officials to come up with a safe plan to return to the coliseum this season. >>and we're working with them hand in hand and i think we can have a system that hopefully brings fans back as soon as possible and safe banner right now the coliseum is being used as a mask that site so. >>are you to go she a team that we'd actually designed the vaccination program to coexist with art games. it should work seamlessly we can keep the vaccination site going and still have our games going as well. >>this statement

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welcome fans back to earth quake stadium when the 2021 major league soccer season kicks off next month. we're looking forward to continuing to make our welcoming meeting place for all. reopening stadiums amusement parks and other outdoor venues will have a domino effect on neighboring businesses. yeah that's right. it's great news for those businesses who usually rely on the big crowds in san francisco bar and restaurant owners near oracle park are hoping that returning fans can help reinvigorate the area having a big league ballpark without fans for more than a years taken a financial toll on some of those businesses some of them were not able to weather the pandemic but those who have been able to hang on are very excited. >>the greatest neighbor we could ever ask for you know when that sports 43,000 of our closest friends, you know coming over before the game. the giants play well they're coming over after or super excited for the giants come back, you know they look like a good team this year as well. >>but just something some energy in neighborhood is is is great what better than

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i hope he agrees with me that the recent announcement that major league baseball will include negro leaguessisted -- statistics is a civilizational advance. for this introduction, i went back to his classic baseball book, men at work. i found my notes for the previous introduction, in which i opened with a line that as a lifelong chicago cubs fan, he clearly has a tragic sense of life. that line is as they say, no longer operational. but this introduction, i reread the two summative books of his political philosophies, from 1983. in his recently published in magisterial conservative sensibility. these are the works of a lifelong american conservative in an almost -- and an almost lifelong republican. he retains his tragic sense of life. i should say that from statecraft to soul craft to the conservative sensibility, he has gone from being a european conservative, to being an american conservative. his index is weighed to edinburg, and in the new magnum opus, it is managed in the federalist papers, and their nemesis, woodrow wilson. in many ways, the book is a waiting at -- a witty and deva

a very hopeful sign for sports fans major league baseball teams are allowing fans to return in person to spring training in arizona at a limited capacity. meanwhile governor newsome is hinting the return of baseball fans the stadium next month the governor citing a drop in covid hospitalizations gayle ong has details from oakland tonight. >>governor gavin newsome says baseball fans may be able to watch their favorite team play in person on opening day, but that all depends of people don't let their guard down with covid-19 do that. >>advanced conversations governor gavin newsome telling reporters wednesday, the possibility of baseball fans returning to the stadium working on the final details but we've been working very closely with major league baseball. others across the spectrum working with local health officers, the governor adding the state's covid hospitalizations dropped 43% that's why he's confident more restrictions will be loosened in the near future under one condition if we all do our job and we don't let down our guard and spike the ball wrong sport. but get the point. t

a citizen at work i hope you agrees with me that the recent announcement that major league baseball will include a negro leagues statistics with asterisk, of of course is a civilizational advance. for this introduction i went back to his classical his classic baseball book men at work. there i found my notes for the previous introduction in which i opened with a line that as a lifelong chicago cubs fan. he clearly has a tragic sense of life. that line as they say is no longer operational. but for this introduction, i reread the two summative books of his political philosophy statecraft is soulcraft. from 1983 and has recently published in magisterial the conservative sensibility. these are the works of a lifelong american conservative in an almost lifelong republican. he therefore retains his tragic sense of life. i should say that from statecraft to soulcraft to the conservative sensibility in he has gone from being a european conservative so described in statecraft of soulcraft to being in american conservative his index for the first is heavily waited to edmund burke and alexis to toc

working on the final details but we've been working very closely with major league baseball. others. across the spectrum working with local health officers and we'll be updating those guidelines is what we have confidence that when you think or to look for was april opening day where we are likely to be if we all do our job. if we all do our job and we don't let down our guard and spike the ball wrong sport. but get the point. then i all the world fans will be back. safely in a lot of those outdoor >>to make sense in some ways games are outside fans could be spaced out at the stadiums and by the time april rolls around hopefully more people will be vaccinated but if fans are allowed in person at games. he should remember there probably will be some mandates in place that includes mask-wearing i'm justine waldman kron 4 news. >>thank you justin coming up more than a month after inauguration day pro trump supporters continue to show their support for the former president. but it is causing some safety concerns for drivers. but some east bay city council members say they want th

ella sogomonian kron 4 news thank you very much a hopeful sign for sports fans major league baseball teams are allowing fans to return spring training that's. >>at a limited capacity. governor newsome is hinting the return of fans to bay area stadiums as soon as next month. kron four's gayle ong has the story from oakland. >>governor gavin newsome says baseball fans may be able to watch their favorite team play in person on opening day, but that all depends of people don't let their guard down with covid-19 do that. >>advanced conversations governor gavin newsome telling reporters wednesday, the possibility of baseball fans returning to the stadium working on the final details but we've been working very closely with major league baseball. others across the spectrum working with local health officers, the governor adding the state's covid hospitalizations dropped 43% that's why he's confident more restrictions will be loosened in the near future under one condition if we all do our job and we don't let down our guard and spike the ball wrong sport. but get the point. then i all the c

when the 2021 major league soccer season kicks off next month. we're looking forward to continuing making our welcoming meeting place for all. of course when it comes to reopening stadiums and theme parks we're not just talking about the bay area but all of california and that includes disneyland and reporter john mcgraw she joins us live from disneyland with more on huge development. >>and how this will affect businesses there jen. >>can an exciting and stunning announcement businesses say that they were quite frankly shocked that the governor and health department would allow the theme park many in the key to enter into to enjoy us in their theme parks so we're looking forward to that people that tell me they're certainly looking to get back to some sense of normalcy. hold on to your hats as the parks across southern california are reopening april first welcoming news for disney land that's missed out on billions and for the city of anaheim to begin. >>to recover we are a 9% unemployment that's a level that we last saw during the great recessio

the victory in the indy car series the 1st woman ever to win a major league open wheel race and i ask if it was japan was the japan 300 and it was in 2008 i want to i'm trying to think what are. i never well when you want to over to europe i'm sure you saw between soccer and have one of cricket the you know that's the world over there here it was always in the or stock cars i dug both and i'm trying to glean a somebody who's raced them both what what is the big difference or is there. so tell me the answer. i mean it's from a drivers perspective the differences. you know the aerodynamics of the cars kind of are working a little bit more in reverse what's in front of you in an indy car mattered a lot and what's behind you and stocker actually matters more so it's not completely like it doesn't it's not that it doesn't matter when someone's in front of you but the sand superspeedway is when you're working with a lot of speed they're dynamics like you need someone to be behind you to push you in a stock car been an indy car you wanted to get a draft from someone in front of you so. so an

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en el repote de la major league soccer este lunes.a se vacunan millones de personas. randy serrano . >> de los murciélagos a los humanos a través de otros animales según un informe de la prensa sociada. >> todas las hipótesis están sobre la mesa. >> esa organización con china destaca que es poco probable que el virus haya salido de un laboratorio >> para que un virus salga es un poco difícil pero sí puede pasar. >> eso me deja saber que fue creado en un laboratorio y no es natural >> tienen dudas de la metodología usada >> [habla en inglés] >> joe biden anunció que 90% de los adultos serán elegibles a la vacuna para el 19 de abril. moderna informó del envío de 100.000.000 de dosis de su vacuna a estados unidos. expertos dicen que no hay que bajar la guardia por los contagios de covid-19 >> dado a que hay muchas preguntas sin resonder indicarán que seguirán investigando el virus para evitar otras pandemias >> la casa del estado bajó otro y un 8,5%. dijo que ha recuperado casi 40% de los empleos no agrícolas que se perdieron en la pande

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a majority of big league ballparks expect to have at least some fans in the stands this season. crowds are already enjoying gang games in arizona on the gridiron, alabama plans to fill its stadium this fall and the international olympic committee will soon make a decision about this summer's tokyo games. >> obviously as we said before, we want the games to be as close to as possible to an olympic games. >> reporter: this new normal may feel almost normal dan schenamen, nbc news. >>> all right. helping us feel norm allege, too, the weather, especially as we're getting closer to feeling like spring. here's nbc meteorologist janessa webb hi, janessa. good morning >> hi. good morning good morning, everyone a light day across the east coast. we're going to see our temperatures warming back up to the 60s and 70s in some spots. as we're stepping out, we're in the upper 30s and 40s. it's going to be a nice treat with a ton of sunshine across the area acrossing the country in the pacific northwest, winter weather advisories you could see flooding rain inry to boston. upper 60s in the aft

stephanie: meanwhile, california announced it will allow people attend major league baseball games, lives, and theme parks like disneyland at reduced capacity beginning april 1. there is word top aides to new york governor andrew cuomo altered a state report to help him hide the high number of covid nursing home deaths. "the new york times" and "the wall street journal" said the july document was edited to remove those who became sick in nursing homes and later died in hospitals. the special counsel to the governor later issued a statement playing down any cover-up, and insisted the data was publicly disclosed during cuomo's daily briefings. it's the latest in a series of scandals plaguing the governor. one of the house impeachment managers -- california democratic congressman eric swalwell -- filed a lawsuit today against former president trump and several of his allies for inciting the capitol insurrection. meanwhile, federico klein -- a former state department aide in the trump administration -- has been charged with obstructing congress and assaulting officers during the january sieg

both teams are in arizona for spring training but starting thursday, california's five major league stadiums can open gates to fans based on the county's tier. >>> developing overseas, the sky scraper sized cargo ship jammed across the suez canal is free and traffic has resumed at one of the busiest trading routes in the world. what it took to get it moving again. >> reporter: the massive ship known as the ever given is moving again after a massive effort to dislodge it. tug boats blasted in relief early monday morning when the colossal ship blocking suez canal budged after hours of being pushed, pulled, prodded. one of the world's most crucial passages is open again. >> this isn't the first time this has happened, although it's captured the public's imagination because it's such a big vessel. >> reporter: for days dredgers sucked up 1 million cubic feet of sand and mud. mother nature lent a hand with the high tide raising the water level. investigators are looking at how this happened. this created a traffic jam of nearly 400 ships carrying crude oil and cattle to coffee and toilet paper. >

. >> bueno, reportaron para pretemporada de la major league soccer. con seis chivas. además anunciaron para la temporada con algunas novedades. carlos fierro el siete y recién llegados usarán el dos y el cinco respectivamente. >> con la camiseta y el mensaje, fuente, yo. sabemos del acuerdo a cambio de 31 millones de dólares. son las últimas 10 campañas donde ganó tres premios. en los últimos cinco años ha jugado en los 16 juegos. de cualquier forma, tenía piezas buenas y sería un dolor de cabeza para san francisco. fue arrestado el expresidente del club en el barcagate. fue encabezado por bartomeo para desprestigiar a jugadores en redes sociales. consejero y el exasesor y responsable de servicios jurídicos de los equipos. el real madrid recibió a real sociedad. balón izquierda y levantaba la cabeza. uno a cero, pero entonces valverde metía este tacón y apareciera para pegarle así, marcar en el empate. lo mantienen en la pelea y es el derby contra atlético. >> tuvieron partido y el segunda base como agente libre consiguió una base por bola. aunque al

. >> reporter: next month a reduced number of fans can attend major league baseball games and theme parks in the state hit hardest by the pandemic the reopening won't look like anything like this as many americans begin to emerge from a year of isolation. miguel almaguer, nbc news >>> in 60 seconds, what happened in the courtroom in the trial of the former police officer charged in george floyd's death and reactions from the stunning claims of meghan markle and prince harry >>> tensions are high in minneapolis. derek chauvin charged in the death of george floyd. with more here is gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: today the first day of jury selection in the murder trial of derek chauvin. the former officer who kneed on george floyd's neck for about nine minutes >> is this case about all george floyd? >> no, this is about all black americans. if they don't value his life, they don't value my life the same way. >> reporter: both sides argued whether to add a third degree murder charge against chauvin. the prosecution wants delayed trial until it is answer >> reporter: the former officer used rea

. >> woodruff: that comes as california announced it will allow people to attend major league baseball, disneyland, and live concerts at reduced capacity, beginning april 1. also today, a supreme court public information officer confirmed that all nine justices have now been fully vaccinated. there is word that top aides to new york governor andrew cuomo altered a state report to help him hide the high number of covid nursing home deaths. the "new york times" and the "wall street journal" saidhe july document was edited to remove those who became sick in nursing homes and later died in hospitals. the special counsel to the governor later issued a statement playing down any cover-up, and insisted the data was publicly disclosed during cuomo's daily briefings. it is the latest in a series of scandals plaguing the governor, including accusations he sexually harassed three women. one of the house impeachment magers, california democratic congressman eric swalwell, filed a lawsuit today against former president trump and several of his allies for inciting the capitol insurrection. meanwhile

organizations are now demanding that major league baseball all-star games and the masters changed locationstests. the movement is being met with resistance from none other than bernice king, the daughter of martin luther king jr. who says that the georgia boycott would hurt middle class workers and people grappling with poverty, increasing the harm of both racism and classism. here now is the man who signed the bill into law just a few days ago, georgia governor brian kemp. welcome, governor. thank you so much for joining us tonight. >> good to be with you. thank you. >> rachel: so i can't think of anything more important than securing our elections and restoring confidence, which i think so many people have lost, especially over this last year. tell our viewers what you think this new georgia bill will do to restore confidence in georgia's elections? >> well, it's very simple it. makes it easy to vote and hard to cheat. really the four main things that i just want to make sure that people realize what the bill does. it takes the signature match process and replaces it with the voter i.d.,

in his first major league camp with the giants, they played milwaukee in spring training today.start with steven duggar, battled injuries in his three years with the giants. showing some power here. second inning, solo bomb. look at the souvenir hunter, runs over. little kid, dude, it's a baseball. it's not gold. it's not bitcoin. come on. ramos drafted in 2017. only 21 years old. confidence and power. fans playing too shallow. look where this ball ends up. way out his third of the spring, but the giants lose 13-7. >>> a slugfest in mesa between the a's. robbed by sky bolt, one of the best names ever in baseball. sky bolt. matt chapman back from hip surgery. aloha, his second of the spring. cubs wins 9-8. >>> when we're talking a's, they have named emilia shimell as their new public announcer. filled in the last season. she is now the third female p.a. announcer in major league baseball joining marysol castro with the giants. >> this something i never even dreamed of being able the do. and it's so unbelievably cool, especially for the team i love and grew up loving. for me, the

he first stepped on to a major league field back in april 1947 the shoes featuring his famous number 42 along with his famous quote that reads there's not an american in this country. free until every one of us is free. the shoes will be available for purchase this year. but an official release date has not been announced. they're expected to cost about $170. as the men and women's nc double a basketball tournaments continue. the woman's bracket has already made history as mandy night reports from san antonio. more and more people are tuning into the women's bracket and it shows no sign of slowing down. >> 2021 has been a historical year in sports from the first female doing play by play in the men's tournament here in san antonio. every single game in the women's tournament is aired on national television. in addition to that is the first time in 26 years that a major network has carried a handful of games. somebody told me this was the first network. >> televised game since 1995. when we played actually in the championship game tennessee. it's taking a long time. was it a good game

. >>> now, abc7 sports with chris alvarez. 11 days and counting until major league baseball umpires sayplay ball four real. we cannot wait for that. giants fans on the grass at camelback ranch. longoria looks locked and loaded . this goes right past the fans. it is 1-1 between these long time rivals. this is very fan-friendly. opposite field shot. that's a triple. the fans go after that baseball. top of the seventh. chadwick. 26 birthday. he will remember this grand slam. happy birthday to him. giants with the win, 10-4. oakland a's with the day off. >>> warriors game tuesday night at home against philly. jordan poole will get heavy minutes. the second your guard has been on fire since returning from the g-league bible he has scored 20 points in three straight games, that is a career-high. >> i always just go back to work. everything i did this summer. i am continuing it and my confidence is high. that's the reason i'm in this league and made it this far. >> he has earned his confidence. he has successful career and has earned the right to play well and believe every shot will go in. >>

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and with the start of the 2021 at major league baseball season just a few weeks away kron four's haaziq madyun checks in with both the a's and the giants for their plans for returning to their ballparks. >>great it's a beautiful day in arizona at 78 degrees and we're playing baseball and as you can see they're doing it but socially distance fans did attendance for spring training oakland a's president dave kaval talked about the plan to bring fans back to the coliseum as we've been working closely with the state and county officials to come up with a safe plan to return to the coliseum this season. >>and we're working with them hand in hand and i think we can have a system that hopefully brings fans back as soon as possible and safe banner right now the coliseum is being used as a mask that >>how are you to go she a team that we'd actually designed the vaccination program to coexist with art games. it should work seamlessly we can keep the vaccination site going and still have our games going as well. >>this statement from the san francisco giants on their plans for fans returning to or

card and then it puts you first in line for when individual tickets are released for the game major league baseball's opening day is april first 2021. >>has made kron 4 next today, almost 2 months and 300 arrests later the fbi's director testified before congress for the first time since that deadly attack on the u.s. capitol what he had to say about it post that forecast a war on washington. president biden urging democrats in the senate to support his major covid relief bill. what is refusing to budge on while the bill with the bill in the balance and cleaning up and streamlining the election process fierce debate over >>and b i director christopher wray testified before congress today for the first time since that deadly attack on the u.s. capitol in fact way condemned the riot but defended his murals handling of the intelligence related to it our washington dc correspondent jessi tenure reports. >>as citizens in a sense we're all victims of the january 6 the salt fbi director christopher wray said his agency is holding the suspects accountable. >>with almost 300 arrests and more invest