that's where major league baseball in all its humility is attempting to have a major push. major league baseball. >> dana: tim scott had a tweet here. making a similar comparison you are making about new york but about georgia versus colorado. he says georgia voter i.d., 17 days of early voting. colorado, voter i.d. 15 days of early voting. denver is 9.2% black. they are moving the all-star game out of atlanta which has more day of voting lights than colorado. the wokes are at it again. >> early voting is not the only concern of the bill. this is about cosmetics. georgia has some of the highest percentage of registration in the south and among the highest above the national average in voter turnout. yet they are getting penalized by making practical changes. one of the big things was they can't give water and food in line. well, in georgia they said like they do in many other states you cannot have politicking going on or election earing going on a certain number of feet from the polling place. if you want to get free food and water 150 feet from the ballot box and 25 feet

i want to go back to major league baseball. e make—up of major league baseball. latinx is huge when it comes to baseball. african—americans only make up 10% of the active roster in major league baseball. so for them to stand up and stand out, this is awesome. major league baseball, you played a clip of governor kemp attacking stacey abrams. stacey abrams and the two senators from georgia both spoke out yesterday and said they were disappointed major league baseball did this, but they understood, because they understand the economic impact that it has, notjust on the team but all the people involved in the community around. yes, it does, but at the end of the day stacey abrams and all those involved said they understand why, because this law was very discriminatory. at the end of the day it all comes down to money and major league baseball is going to make sure they are taking care of their fans and what the players want. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines: the former crown prince ofjordan says he's been placed under ho

. >> the right thing is for major league baseball to protect their brand. for them to back away. >> brian kemp said he'll not bow to pressure from major league baseball or anyone else. for georgians of good faith, of all races, try to purge trumpism from their midst. [laughter] >> nothing but good faith coming from the reverend. and as laura said last week it's time for republicans to draw a line in the sand. >> any business that bows down to boy cutters better be prepared to run into the buzz saw of tens of millions of patriotic americans who will vote as well with their wallets. i'm talking moms and dads who are sick of being lectured to by spoiled brat activists who produce zero that is useful to america. what we're seeing in georgia is just the latest of the left's broader campaign of intimidation and distortion. >> laura, amen. joining me now is the man in the middle of all of this right now, georgia governor brian kemp. thank you for joining us. just moments ago, literally 15 seconds ago, breaking news, we want to get your reaction, the all-star game h

major league baseball's been in this situation before. law in the state of arizona and the same calls were made, that there had to be a boycott, or major league baseball had to move the game, and they went on with the game as scheduled but socialjustice has changed a lot in america, especially after last summer and the summer of protests, and a summer in which businesses and sports leagues vowed to listen more carefully to the public and to the athletes that play their game, and i think in this case, major league baseball was very aware that there wasn't really a need for a summer festival that would turn into a debate about voting rights, there was a clear right and a clear wrong, and there was a clear decision to be made, so rather than put out a strongly worded statement, major league baseball took action. that is really interesting. so by your argument, what you are saying is we could see more of these kinds of decisions in future? i think so. the folks in georgia that are upset about this law appealed to corporations across america t

african—americans only make up a tiny amount in major league baseball. p attacking stacey abrams. she and the senators from georgia both spoke out yesterday and said they were disappointed major league baseball did this but they understood, because they understand the economic impact that it has notjust on the team but all the people involved in the community. yes, it does, but at the end of the day stacey abrams and all those involved said they understand why because this law was discriminatory. at the end of the day it comes down to money and major league baseball is going to make sure they are taking care of the fans and want the players want. great to have your _ want the players want. great to have your thoughts. _ great to have your thoughts. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the former crown prince ofjordan says he's been placed under house arrest as part of a crackdown on critics of the government. christians celebrate easter, but for the second year running covid means services have to be scaled back. to myanmar now, where ten ethnic rebel

or the major league baseball family.othered to read the new georgia law they would realize it allows more days for early voting. here's the kicker. georgia and colorado require ids to vote in person. do you believe that? joining us now is senator tom cotton. this got out of control and it really goes back to the president. the president's rhetoric, him offering this idea to major league baseball. tch he used inflammatory, @maunited states lying, usin -yeeofwe h icpo so ntre >> brian: did you hear about this? the teen girls charged with murder foror the fatal carjackig of the >> t 13 girl charged with murde of a pakistani immigrant reportedly accepted a plea deal that would insure neither of the two defendants would be held past age 21 or be put in a prison facility. lucas tomlinson spoke to a friend about the potential plea. >> outrage that someone could kill and get sentence like that but those are kids and i think they have to have a lesson out of this. the community is yearning for justice and we believe in the system

lilia luciano, cbs news, los angeles. >>> and reaction continues to come in after major league baseballounced it is moving this year's all-star game out of atlanta in response to georgia's controversial new voting law. the mlb commissioner said, quote, major league baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box. fair access to voting continues to have our games' unwavering support. supporters of the decision to move the game from atlanta's park say the new law makes it harder for people of color to vote. critics say the decision will hurt working people in the state and have long-term economic consequences. >> in the middle of a pandemic, major league baseball put the wishes of stacy abrams and joe biden ahead of well-being of hard-working georgians who were counting on a paycheck. >> governor kemp said major league baseball caved to what he called political pressure. >>> ahead, we'll talk with the atlanta mayor. she'll discuss the league's decision to move the all-star game out of her city and the impact it will have on the lo

a major league baseball moving shannon: welcome to fox news it might. non bream in washington. breaking tonight, brian kemp says he is not backing down. major league baseball moving the all-star game out of atlanta over a new georgia law intended to ensure the integrity of elections after the unprecedented circumstances around last year's pandemic election. major-league baseball supports voting rights for all americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box. there access to voting continues to have our game's unwavering support. the wall street journal coming out with another scathing review. the league has cleared the majority is racist and anti-democratic. we suppose he will have a new friend in the white house. mister biden is the order and mister manfred salutes. welcome to the democratic baseball league, so much for healing and uniting the country. donald trump adding his voice, quote, boycott baseball and all of the woke companies that are interfering with free and fair elections. are you listening, koch, delta and all? more on that straightahe

i think major league baseball has set a standard. players have expectations now that leagues will do more than just bring in profit. and i think the wine is out of the bottle. so strap in, everybody. it's going to be a bumpy ride. >> yeah. i mean the culture has spoken, and republicans are like sitting on the side thinking that they can avoid it. the culture is the culture, and demographics are just what they are. jemele hill, dave zirin, thank you very much. >>> up next, as president biden unveils executive actions on gun violence, a high-profile salesman for gun fete shizz many lanned a well deserved spot in our pantheon of absolute worst thanks for his penchant for luxury yachts and private jets, you know, for security. stay with us. h us all day long. so when something happens that could affect your portfolio, you can act quickly. that's decision tech, only from fidelity. discover the replenishing power of new pronamel mineral boost. teeth need natural minerals to keep enamel healthy, strong, and white. but every day, acidic food

will, yesterday, major league baseball caved. will: major league baseball pulled its all-star game from the city of atlanta, obviously in the state of georgia, over the calls from, i would suggest, nonsports fans, radical, political, agenda-driven people on the internet that want to see politics injected into every aspect of our society and baseball did. they caved. they pulled that all-star game from atlanta, georgia. former president trump, by the way, he weighed. in he said the following baseball is already losing a tremendous number of fans now they leave atlanta and all-star game because they are afraid of the radical left democrats who do not want voter i.d. which is desperately needed. to have anything to too your elects. boycott baseball and all of the woke companies that are interfear with free and fair elections, are you listening coke, delta and all? >> it is not a voter suppression bill. it does not place onerous restrictions on borders any more so than the state of new york or anywhere else. none of those truths matte

major-league baseball that the players are making right now. a relatively short like of a career. and if you're gay player baseball right now, under making a calculation in your mind, i might be playing for four - five years as a good career. in the ability to make good money, change my families forever. i will just come out when i'm done playing if i choose to do so. is it really worth it to do it now. i also think at the same time that we say times have changed people don't think this is a big deal anymore, while some people think it is a big deal. you see the legislation is being proposed or passed in certain states right now. team owners are not known to be the most aggressive people in the world. you can look at, and football even as the nfl would like to stay and painting slogans well so because the players his career. so you have to decide if you want to be a barter for a call in some way. it so i think out especially with a male sport, hit is been a big year hurdle in women's sports, using a lot more players come out in women's basketbal

we need to search for intelligence life in major league baseball commissioner's office. i have never seen anything like this. you know, commissioner manfred has a fiduciary responsibility to major league baseball. his job is to do the very best that he cannot to suck. he has failed that. i mean, think what he's done. major league baseball is losing popularity to football and other sports. his job is to grow it. so what is the first thing he does? he decide to get involved in national politics and to alienate hundreds of millions of americans who actually like the georgia bill and think that it is an honest effort for election security. then the commissioner hasn't come on your show and spent 30 minutes explaining why he thinks these hundreds of millions of americans who support the georgia effort are a bunch of racists. he hasn't bothered to explain why he thinks the bill is racist. i mean, i -- the only excuse i can think is he made all of these decisions after his morning beer. i have never seen anything like it. it costs $150 to attend a major league baseball game in s

>> former major league baseball commissioner saying baseball's decision to move the all-star game out of georgia was a mistake. he wrote in the "wall street journal." major league baseball can't become a weapon in the culture wars, a hostage for one political party or ideology. that three day event and as much as $100 million will now go to colorado coors field. harris, back to you. >> harris: steve, thank you very much. senator lindsey graham is calling out president biden for using incendiary and divisive language about the new georgia voting law. watch. >> they are calling all of us racist because we won't give in to this power grab. they play the race card morning, noon, and night. i am tired of it. i think it's cheap. i think it's sick for the president of the united states, joe biden, who has been a friend for years, to say that what they are doing in georgia is jim crow 2.0. some of you got families that lifted jim crow. -- lived through jim crow. >> harris: senator john kennedy is here republican from louisiana. good to see you, senator. i want to get your top line thoughts wh

he caused many african-american businesses and others the opportunity to benefit during the major league baseball. so i don't even understand why he's coming here. he can come here but major league baseball can't come here. you see the hypocrisy? you know, he's coming really to take a tour of a disaster that was not caused by god but was caused by liberals and it's just an embarrassment and it's also a slap in the face to many of us here in georgia for him to even show his face here. >> almost going through the

like the major league baseball and companies and democrats don't know what they're talking about. ey didn't even read the georgia voting law. you got president obama calling for baseball and companies to boycott georgia. remember when obama sat next to raul castro in communist cuba to watch a baseball game in cuba? that was supported by major league baseball too. cuba commits human rights atrocities. people are chained, political dissidents are chained to walls in gulags underground in cuba. massive human atrocities going on in cuba and china but no boycott of those country. >> major league baseball expanded their contract in china. forced sterilization, concentration camps, forced labor. no mention about the oppression of journalists or actions towards taiwan. major league baseball doesn't have a problem with that apparently. the commissioner himself is a member of the masters. do you see him quitting that? no. not at all. i think when the president of the united states gets on a national press box and says that we have rao duesed our voting hours is absolute lie. he said we have

for the attack, and of course we'll bring you the latest on the story as we learn more. >>> major league baseball is moving its all-star game out of atlanta, georgia. it's a response to the state's sweeping new election law. baseball commissioner rob manferred says major league baseball fundamentally supporting voting rights for all americans and opposes restriction to the ballot box. keisha lance bottoms tweet just as elections have consequences so do the actions of those who are elected. one of the first of many dume noes to fall until the unnecessary barriers put in place to restrict access to the ballot box are removed. stacey abrams credited with increasing voter turnout in recent elections tweeed this, disappointed it'll move the all-star game but proud of their stance on voting rights. in a statement the atlanta braves say they're deeply disappointed by the decision of major league baseball to move its 2021 all-star game. this was neither our decision or recommendation. we hoped our city could use this event as a platform to enhance the discussion. naacp president derek johnson tells cnn t

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major league baseball just confirmed what was reported today, the new venue for thehe all-star game willys this. major league baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all americans. opposes restrictions to the ballot box. think about this for a moment. he made that statement shortly before he signed a brand new deal with a huge chinese tech company. you might remember this.

yesterday major league baseball caved to fear and lies from liberal activists. they ignored the facts of our new election integrity law, and they ignored the consequences of their decision on our local community. in the middle of a pandemic, major league baseball put the wishes of stacey abrams and joe biden ahead of the economic well being of hard working georgians who were counting on the all-star game for a paycheck. georgians and all americans should note what this decision means. it means cancel culture and partisan activists are coming from your business. they're coming for your game or event in your hometown and they're coming to cancel everything from sports to how you make a living, and they will stop at nothing to silence all of us. they don't care about jobs. they don't care about our communities. and they certainly don't care about our access to the ballot box, because if they did, major league baseball would have announced that they were moving their headquarters from new york yesterday. >> hear hear! >> in new york -- in new york they have ten days

major-league baseball, coca-cola, and delta, may be scared of stacey abrams, joe biden, and the left, but i am not. >> so does this corporate backlash, including major league baseball pulling their all-star game out of atlanta serve as a warning to other states right now that are considering their own, restrictive voting bills? 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

anything in the standings, with the idea that if this law is changed to or three years from now, major league baseballll can bring the game back.— bring the game back. i should 'ust sa , bring the game back. i should just say. just _ bring the game back. i should just say, just for _ bring the game back. i should just say, just for people - bring the game back. i should just say, just for people who l just say, just for people who don't follow baseball, could you tell us in a couple of sentences, what actually is this game? it sentences, what actually is this game?— this game? it is called the all-star — this game? it is called the all-star game, _ this game? it is called the all-star game, it - this game? it is called the all-star game, it is - all—star game, it is essentially a practice game. a showcase for the game's best whether you win or whether you lose, it does not matter, so it fans a chance to see their favourite players every year in one game. the best teams in the best leagues. one game. the best teams in the best leagues-— best leagues. good to have you on, best leagues. good to have you

or the major league baseball family. if they had bothered to read the new georgia law they would realize it allows more days for early voting. here's the kicker. georgia and colorado require ids to vote in person. do you believe that? joining us now is senator tom cotton. this got out of control and it really goes back to the president. the president's rhetoric, him offering this idea to major league baseball. they took him up on it. >> hey, brian, good to be on with you and good to see you at night for once. a lot of this goes back to joe biden's press conference last week in which he used inflammatory, incendiary and outright wrong language about this georgia bill, calling it jim crow 2.0. i guess he forgot to check the laws in his own states which doesn't have any early voting and fewer drop boxes. he said major league baseball should pull their all-star game out of atlanta and that's exactly what that cowardly rob manfred did. as you pointed out, in many ways georgia laws are more accessible, more friendly and more c

those two things, jim crow and major league baseball. is it jim crow 2.0? ll overreact? >> so you've laid this out really well. and what was the intention of this legislation? you know, based on the donald trump big lie about an election that, in fact, was free, fair, and completely secure. he's absolutely right about this. the other real concern ought to be about whether or not this does politicize the system and whether or not this makes it easier for republicans to overturn the 2024 election. the retaliation against brad raffensperger is a real red flag in this legislation. having said that, there's no need to guild the lily then, if you look at the intention and the possible implications of this, you don't need to engage in the over-the-top rhetoric like jim crow 2.0. jim crow was a very specific things. it was -- and you laid out what it was. this bill has a lot of flaws. but i think the danger of over the top rhetoric is the risk of discrediting the attacks. and you're seeing this right now, the blowback by the republicans is more that you're misrepres

major league baseball announced today it's pulling two of the biggest events in sports, the all-star the mlb draft out of the state of georgia. why is major league baseball weighing in on this and why is it doing it? well, because voter in the state of georgia made a decision that the biden administration doesn't like. and as with so many big corporations, major league baseball believes it now has veto power over the democratic process. and by the way it may have veto power. we will find out. in the case of georgia, the state passed a law to reduce voter fraud. that law requires voters to provide some form of identification before they cast a mail-in ballot. that identification be a driver's license or free state provided i.d. georgia makes it pretty easy to prove who you are. there is nothing crazy about this law. in fact, it's hard to believe it wasn't already on the books in georgia. it should have been. but when it was proposed, it sailed through the state house. georgia's house of representatives approved this vote by a 25 vote margin. the state senate of vote of 45 to 24. like

law. >> it's really a sad day for major league baseball, as somebody that grew up playing baseball asr the organization, it's terrible for the fans, it's terrible for the small business owners in the metro atlanta community and our state that was looking forward to hosting this game and had put a lot of resources into it. all because of a big lie. this bill does not suppress anything. >> the move is also sending reverberations across the sports world and the political spectrum. moments ago, former president barack obama tweeting congratulations to mlb for taking a stand on behalf of voting rights for all citizens. there's no better way for america's pastime to honor the great hank aaron who always led by example. a stark contrast from former president donald trump, who is slamming the move. he sent out a statement saying boycott baseball and all of the woke companies that are interfering with free an

why does major league baseball weigh in on this question requires it doing it? voters in the state of georgia made a decision that divided the administration doesn't like. that's what so many corporations, major league baseball believes it has veto power over the democratic process. by the way, it may have veto power, we will find out. in the case in georgia, the state passed about to reduce voter product. if that law requires voters to provide some sort of identification before they cast a mail in ballots. at that identification be it driver's license or state i.d., they make it pretty easy to prove who you are. if there's nothing crazy about this law, it's hard to believe it wasn't already on the books. when it was proposed, it sailed through the state house. at the house of representatives approved this bill by a 25 vote margin, the state senate by a vote of 34-24. unlike obamacare, it wasn't a squeaker. you can see why, nationally, the overwhelming majority of americans agree with it. they support mandatory photo i.d. for voting. according to recent polls by

where did they come down with major league baseball?n: welcome i was a place kicker so i appreciate the generosity as only shannon brea- >> shannon: it counts. >> jason: calling me an athlete because i look like i have eaten a little bit too much chick-fil-a more than an athlete. but back to the topic, what everyone should do is take the advice of michael jordan. michael jordan said hey, ice sell sneakers to republicans and democrats. i don't go to a ball game to do anything other than to eat too many hot dogs, too much popcorn and watch a bunch of great athletes. i don't want politics there. i don't want to on my airplane and i don't want it and michael live. so sell sneakers and get out of the politics game. >> shannon: quickly come i want to get a comment from you guys. peter doocy asked president biden about a conversation with president xi in china and the origins of the virus. they haven't had that conversation. real quick comment from each of you on that. bruce, to you first. >> bruce: i hope you had some level of conversation. l

he is a major league baseball sports columnist for "usa today." good to see you, bob. n has become a big, political issue. what -- in your view, was a good decision, by major league baseball? >> i think it was the only decision they had to make, michael. in the sense that they are getting a lot of pressure. pressure, from sponsors, corporate sponsors. whether they're going to pull out of their advertising for the season. whether players going to boycott and everything else. i think they thought it was just going to be a big headache. like, let's strip this all-star game away because we don't want our players answering questions about it for the next three months and we don't get our sponsors upset, as well. >> yeah. yeah. i mean, baseball, historically, has been, i think it's fair to say, more reluctant than other, major sports, like basketball or football, to weigh in on social issues. generally speaking, it has a whiter-fan base. so, in that regard, with -- with that context, is it a bold decision? >> very much so, michael. i mean, this might be the most bold decision

it became the third major league in baseball. it only lasted one year. because even though he was able to attract a lot of star players to his league, they could not compete financially against the established teams in the national league and the american association, and ultimately it fell apart after a year. this was an early attempt among baseball players to control their own destiny and to determine how much they were paid and how much they were worth. so from the 1880s on until 1947, major league baseball was played only by white men, but that starts to change. we'll take a look at the negro leagues over in the next case. so for black players who were not permitted to play in the major leagues, a lot of them started their own barnstorming teams. we have an example of a team in 1880s in danbury, connecticut. it's not until 1920 that the negro leagues is established, which is a professional league. there were a number of incarnations, a number of teams participated in that. we have examples from indianapolis clowns, a program from one of their games. a

a major league baseball moving the all-star game, and 21 draft out of atlanta over a new georgia law to ensure the integrity of elections after the unprecedented circumstances surrounding last year's pandemic collection. major league baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all americans, and imposes restrictions to the ballot box, robert manford says, adding, their access to voting continues to have our game unwavering's support. if "wall street journal" tonight coming out with another scathing review, the league has cleared george's elective majority as racist and antidemocratic. it has done economic to stomach harm to this state, although we may have a new friend in the white house. welcome to the democratic baseball league, so much for healing and uniting the country. like this evening, president donald trump saying, what got baseball and all of the local companies that are interfering with free and fair elections. are you listening? coke, delta, and all. we got more on that straight ahead were investigating what happened today when driver rammed a security gate at the u

they have achieved that with major league baseball. major league baseball is pathetic.victim to the far left and the woke culture. they have no, they have no courage whatsoever and what they're doing is hurting people in georgia, particularly small businesses and particularly minority small businesses. it is just inexplicable what they're doing. it is really pathetic. elizabeth: let's watch governor chris christie really go after president biden, really hammered him for quote, lying, watch. >> it expands early voting. the president said it ended it. listen here is what joe biden has to live with when he wakes up this morning on easter morning. he is doing exactly what he sat around in the campaign and transition accusing of donald trump doing. lying to cause racial divisions in this country. that is what he is doing and he is liar and hypocrite. talk about what the georgia law is about. dropboxs are permanent part of the georgia landscape prior to covid. they are now. minimum of 17 days of early voting including two saturdays and two optional sundays. you will have all

and it isn't just major league baseball taking a stand this week. the u.s. paralympic committee announced it will not sanction athletes who choose to use their platforms to, quote, advance racial and social justice. this includes actions like raising a fist, taking a knee, or wearing masks or hats with slogans like "black lives matter" or "justice." the change has been a long time coming. it's been over a half century since american sprinters tommy smith and john carlos raised their fists at the 1968 olympic games. they were expelled from the games and shunned at home. but the photo of their protest is one of the most enduring images of sports activism of all time. and its legacy of american athletes carries on to this day. just last month, ncaa women's basketball players raised their voices to point out the uneven treatment they were getting compared to their male counterparts. and the public outcry about this kind of discrimination from so-called nonprofit was enough to get the ncaa to take the first steps toward rectifying the situation starting with the

politicians in georgia and elsewhere are criticizing major league baseball for removing the all-star game from atlanta over the state's new election law. correspondent steve harrigan shows us tonight the issue for many is hypocrisy. >> the push back against major league baseball's decision to pull the all-star game out of georgia in response to a voting law the commissioner claims restrict access to the ballot box continues to spiral. president biden under fierce attack from republicans who say he misrepresented the georgia law. >> you must reject the culture in which facts themselves are manipulated or made up. and joe biden has broken his own rule. 84 days and now he is lying to the american people. >> baseball commissioner rob man ford also under attack for signing streaming deals with communist china while refusing to do business in georgia. florida senator marco rubio's membership in a georgia golf club i'm under no ha lucien you intend to resign from augusta golf club to do so would require a personal sacrifice as opposed to woke corporate virtue signaling of moving the all-star

it turns out the state of new york has stricter voting laws than georgia. >> if you look at major league baseballquartered in new york, new york has, they don't have no excuse voting. we have i think seven more days of early voting than new york does. so why didn't major league baseball announce the next day they would up and leave new york? it just doesn't make sense. the hypocrisy out there is unbelievable. reporter: despite all the controversy people on both sides of the aisle agree pulling the all-star game out of atlanta will take a huge financial toll on local businesses who were hoping to bank on this big sporting event. major league baseball is now in the process of finalizing a new host city for the all-star game. mike. mike: christina, thanks, happy birthday. reporter: thank you. mike: our panel joins you now to react to this other top sorries. gopac chairman david avella, democratic strategist dave amore. welcome. david is also the author of creating business magic. all right, so david morey, is moving the baseball game out of georgia a huge overreaction? >> i think it is, the georgia

great folks here talking about major league baseball leaving georgia and the impact it has. y. >> reporter: you are a retired insurance agents. thank you very much, you're a big baseball fan. >> i love the braves. i can't indoor major league baseball and what they did in georgia and moved our game to denver who has more voting restrictions, it is terrible. >> reporter: will change how often you watch? >> yes it will. i don't mean it personally. he is from marietta, used to be. i love my state. i don't like what major league baseball is doing and i love your crew, "fox and friends" fan my whole life. >> reporter: i appreciate it. denise, you moved from new york. >> i did. >> reporter: you have two boys. >> two boys in their 20s to play baseball from when they were 5 years old down here in their 20s, so excited to go to the all-star game. it is not right. not right. >> reporter: more than we lost the all-star game, people feel it. >> we are all affected, everybody. >> reporter: who do you blame for this? >> i blame mlb. nothing to do with the braves but mlb are wrong, change it

according to the media reports in the days leading up to major league baseball's decision to pull thetar game from georgia, you spoke to baseball executives, described the law as jim crow 2.0 and urged major league baseball to pull out. after the decision to withdraw the game from georgia you conveniently claimed you strongly urged them not to boycott after the hours was out of the barn and the damage was already done. miss abrams in sum you publicly attacked the georgia law as jim crow no fewer than 10 times. elizabeth: 10 times what do you say? >> no question about it. listen you can't go back on that. what has been done has been done. rafael warnock and stacy abrams. they are complicit what is happening here. now what are they doing, going after a great georgia company, home depot. i remember when i was mayor, we got home depot in our community. we were so excited to welcome a great georgia company into our community. home depot is a great georgia company that provided millions of jobs for people, livelihoods for people, a great corporate citizen. they want to attack them saying th

it is all of that okay, major league baseball? joe, is it okay with you? apparently a lot of you did a huge deal in china for major league baseball. you are taking china's money. did you question china about their human rights abuses and how about beijing 2022? u.s. is in fact considering a boycott of the 2022 games? i guess peter doocy raised legitimate questions today. will these woke corporations,lo are they going to follow suit? is there going to be a boycott there? what is clear is that joe biden, stacey abrams,e the mlb commissioner are all willing participants in what is now a massive lie, propaganda, disinformation campaign against voter integrity and free and fairee elections that americans could have competence in prayer and frankly, they all owe an apology to the people of georgia. they have an obligation to at least acknowledge basic fundamental truths instead of needlessly dividing americans even further with lies about this law. we did send our own lisa boothe down to atlanta to get georgians' reactions to all of this and much more. i bet you

major league baseball got caught in the middle of it.oint i think in this culture where we can have honest discussions about election law, but have it in a position of saying what is best for the people that vote and not an agenda being pushed on a narrative of voter suppression. >> martha: two quick questions for you. president trump says the georgia law in his view didn't go far enough. do you agree with him? >> i think it went as far as it needed to go. there's always things you can do better. this did what i needed to do to begin to give a clarity for what the legislators are saying. what bothered me is what joe biden said about this. they were smarting up in georgia. hard to believe a current sitting president would tell the georgia legislature and the governor that they were too stupid how to write a law that would have affected them. >> martha: what about the next elections? are you considering running for governor or might you run for the senate seat against senator warnock? >> we're looking at that. when senator warnock can't ge

this was a collaboration at the library did with major league baseball espn and the baseball hall of fame and cooperstown. we've got some incredible things here on display things that you've probably never seen before. let's start with some of the earliest. so right now we're standing in the front of the exhibit looking at origins and early days where we've got some interesting artifacts that suggest that baseball has a history. that's much longer than the 19th century. in fact, we've got an example here from a medieval manuscript. these are a little miniature figures that were part of the border of a book produced in 1344, and you can see here. we've got a monk and a nun with a ball and a bat and a couple of monks and nuns in what would have been a very primitive outfield. but what this shows you is that batten ball games were being played for centuries before europeans began calling different kinds of games baseball. our next stop here. is this cute little book. i absolutely adore it. it's one of my favorite items in our collections. it's a little pretty pocketbook from 1787 and it

according to media report in the days leading up the major leagues baseball the pull from georgia youball executives and describe the laws jim crow to point out and urge major-league baseball to speak out. after its decision to withdraw the game from georgia, you claim you had strongly urge them not to boycott after the horse is out of the barn and the damages already done. so ms. abrams and some you attack the jim crow no fewer than ten times. liz: ten times, what do you say? >> no question about it you cannot go back on that, what's been done is been done, raphael warnock and stacey abrams are complacent and what is happened here, now what are they doing their going after a great georgia company, home depot, i remember when i was mayor and we have a home depot ino our community we were so excited to welcome a great georgia company into our community, home depot is a great georgia company that provided millions jobs for people and livelihood for gpeople, a great corporate citizen and now they want to attack them say they are not doing what they should be doing about the selection law

and georgia governor brian kemp, he is responding saying major league baseball, quote: caved to fear,ical opportunism and liberal lies. major league baseball making the move after president biden signaled his support. take a look. >> i think today's professional athletes are acting incredibly responsibly. i would strongly support them doing that. >> this is jim crow on steroids what they are doing in georgia and 40 other states. >> juan: other companies have been critical of the new law including coca cola and delta airlines. accusing those companies of hypocrisy especially when it comes to doing business with china dispute that country's human abuses. watch. this these ceos of full of crap. they're running scared. georgia is trying to make sure that everybody can vote legally. >> delta airlines are business partners with the chinese communist party. the same chinese communist party. >> juan: with baseball values that they he want people to have the right to vote. meanwhile you hear all this talk about china, is that dodge. >> he is an idiot. plain and simple no one is being discrimin

and, listen, if you are major league baseball and standing on moral grounds you should ask the bravesexas' laws. you have to ask the rangers and astros they have to leave, too. ainsley: braves spokesperson says you will get your money back for the all-star game if you bought tickets. they said the atlanta braves are deeply disappointed by the decision of mlb to move 2021 all star game. we are saddened fans will not be able to see this event in our city. steve: ainsley had a great interview with kathy barn that the, you have seen her on the program a number of times. now running for the senate as a republican out of pennsylvania regarding the request that to get an absentee ballot in certain states you need an idea, she had this observation about that i have been back all my life i know a lot of black people. dive not know one black person who does not have an i.d. that is the democrat party, they're constantly they look at black people as though we are a bunch of undifferentiated black souls that there is no nuances about any of us it's quite racist. joe biden i call him one of the la

i think that was the point that major league baseball was trying to make.opportunity to vote with their feet and they're using their economic power to express their dissatisfaction. >> the mlb announced friday it would pull the game, blasting the state's restrictions on voting. governor brian kemp refused to back down, accusing the league and other companies of, quote, caving to liberal activists like stacy abrams. abrams is opposing the boycotts writing in usa today she doesn't think they're necessary yet. congresswoman ilhan omar disagreed, noting the civil rights movement started with boycotts. president biden said he would of strongly support the mlb moving the game. chris christie said he's breaking the promise to unite the nation. listen. >> i sat here and listened to the president's inaugural address and a couple real quick points from it. politics need not be a raging fire that destroys everything in its path and we must reject a culture in which facts are manipulated or made up and joe biden's broken his own rule. he's lying about the bill, lying t