despite railing against george's voting id laws mlb requires fans to show photo id to pick up the tickets from the will call booth, democrats are suggesting the all-star game take place in new york but the empire state actually has fewer early voting days then georgia does senator rand paul is also calling out the mlb for their hypocrisy abroad senior sports league might be to woke if it were freely to visit china and cuba boycott the u.s. state that wants people to show id to vote. and despite of the hit to the local economy, democrats view themselves as heroes in georgia because of their boycott. >> we know boycotts have allowed for justice to be delivered in many states since the civil rights movement whose rooted in boycotts. we know apartheid ended in south africa because a boy enter boycotts. our hope this boycott will result in changes. katie: leo leavitt to congress woman l on omar who doesn't live in georgia who makes outrageous statements comparing south african apartheid to georgia election law which requires that people showboat or id to cast their ballot. leo: thank you for g

mlb's headquarters are in manhattan, the hall of fame is in cooperstown.hat do you think about that? >> well, again, i think that these businesses in georgia are being hurt. small businesses across the country have suffered this year greatly because of this pandemic. i know firsthand my business was hurt. i actually got the disease a year ago. and i think we need to make sure that we come together on this and this is just driving a further divide between us. baseball should stick to what they do best and the they are not taking a moral high ground here. during that epidemic, the steroid epidemic years ago, home runs were being hit, people were waiting in long lines to get into the stadiums and the bottom line wasn't hurt. all of a sudden we're going to pull a game out. i think we need to come together as a country and baseball, we should be arguing what team is the best and work together for sure. jillian: yeah, i agree. a lot of people want to be able to go -- watch the sports and get back to life as normal, hitting the stands and enjoy the time but it's

mlb has been slow, mlb has been slow on its mark on this and they picked up the face. for a reason and business decisions are also part of the equation here. clearly corporations are making their voices heard. now sports teams are making their voices heard. no surprise the voter suppression law is not popular around the country and they made a decision that was the right decision to make, in my opinion, but also a smaurt move for thei fan base and future fan base in particular. >> it's really become far more acceptable, it's not expected, right, for people in the sports arena to use their platforms on social and political issues and we saw it with the nba and charlotte as well in protests over that state's controversial transgender bathroom law. you remind us of the nfl and arizona. so has the economic of sports franchises grown? >> in both of those cases, there was a resolution and sports helped make that decision. arizona back in the earl iy '90 and the nba moving its all-star game and bringing it right back to charlotte, after some laws, bathroom laws so to speak, w

yesterday the mlb announced it will pull the game from atlanta.mes after georgia passed a controversial voting law last week. this morning atlanta's mayor keisha lance bottoms, said there's still time for the governor to make things right. >> it's not too late for the legislature to go back and reconsider this. they are out of session, but the governor certainly can call a special session, have them reconsider this, make tweaks to it so that it is truly a bill that expands access to the right to vote. i think this is just the first of many dominos that will fall in this state, and we are all going to suffer because of it. >> now, this is not just happening in georgia. in less than five weeks lawmakers across the u.s. have introduced more than 300 restrictive voting bills in just about every state. joining us now is cuveegta davidson, the coauthor of "loving sports when they don't love you back, dilemmas of the modern fan." welcome to the program. >> thank you. >> what is your sense of the league's move to pull the game out of atlanta? what does th

, targets black voters with heavy new requirements in atlanta today, praise over the move -- >> the mlb is right in pulling the all-star game from atlanta. >> reporter: former president barack obama tweeting today, congratulations to the mlb for taking a stand on behalf of voting rights while former president trump fired, boycott baseball and all the woke companies that are interfering with free and fair elections. that stance is decidedly social assistance is risky for the league and a major blow to the economy already upended by the pandemic >> we were expecting a high rise in people here now we're not expecting that anymore. >> reporter: voting rights activist stacey abrams commended the league i respect boycotts although i don't want to see families hurt by lost events and jobs georgia isn't alone. legislators in 47 states have introduced more than 360 bills with restrictive provisions tonight, major american companies decrying voting restrictions as a move by america's past time sends shock waves across the cultural spectrum. steve patterson, nbc news >>> still ahead, remote learni

senator marco rubio blasting the mlb commissioner.e wants to know if the baseball commissioner will drop his own membership in the exclusive augusta national club and stop the mlb trying to make money in communist china and cuba? they are major human rights violators. on the show tonight, top georgia official bob barr, butch miller. ford o'connell with us too. along with douglas holtz-eakin, fred fleitz, chris bedford and congressman bride an babin from texas. we have more on the fight over baseball's boycott and dozens of companies who opposed georgia's voting law when they require i.d. from workers and customers. more from the white house and media, including cnn's don lemon, they are misleading, quote, gaslighting the public over georgia's new voting law. "60 minutes" now trying to claim a cut for quote clarity. governor ron desantis florida explanation, critics say "60 minutes" deceptively he had at this timed their report that governor desantis favored publix supermarkets, when 90% of the highest risk group lives near a publix in

mlb will make the plans for the mid-summer classic official. fox's hillary vaughn with all the latest details. reporter: david, major league baseball decision made sports political. politicians here on capitol hi are piping up after mlb decided to move their all-star game from atlanta to denver after a bunch of other corporations and businesses have piped up against georgia's new voting law. minority leader mitch mcconnell says what mlb is doing, quote, irritating a hell of a lot of republican fans. he also had a word of warning to other businesses that have tried to boycott this law or speak out against it saying republicans, drank coca-cola. republicans fly, and watch baseball too. senator marco rubio trying to call mlb commissioner rob manfred's bluff asking him to practice what he preaches, writing in a letter yesterday. i'm under no illusion you intend to resign as member of augusta golf club. to do so woe require a personal sacrifice as woke virtue signaling moving the all-star game from atlanta. moving the all-star game from atlanta will

president biden said he would of strongly support the mlb moving the game.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 to the american people to cause the raging fire he said he was going to put out. >> former mlb player dan venezia agrees, saying we should keep politics aside and help struggling businesses. >> small businesses across the country have suffered this year greatly because of this pandemic. i know firsthand my business was hurt. i actually got the disease a year ago. and i think we need to make sure that we come together on this. >> also the league has not announced a new venue for the game which is set for july 13th. back to you guys. jillian: it will be interesting to keep following this. ashley, thank you. lawrence: former p

. >>> former president trump calling for people to boycott the mlb and other, quote, woke companies after the league pulled its all-star game out of atlanta over the state's new voting restrictions. >> good morning, everyone. it is saturday, april 3rd. i am kendis gibson. >> i'm lindsey reiser. happy to have you with us on this saturday. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest right now. we are going to start in washington where those flags are at half-staff. authorities investigating that deadly attack that happened hours ago at the u.s. capitol yet. vaughn hilliard, good morning. what more do we know about not only the officer who passed away, but the officer who is wounded? >> reporter: yeah, good morning. we are finding out more this morning. you can see behind me the scene here is cleared up. the gate, that fencing that was opened yesterday where the two officers were struck, that fencing is here closed as of this morning. the metropolitan capital police department as well as the fbi are continuing their investigation in which they say noah green, the suspect in

georgia's governor is already criticizing the mlb.e says that baseball caved to fear and liberal lies. cnn's natasha chen is at the georgia state capitol in atlanta. >> reporter: we're expecting to hear from governor kemp at noon, but he's already been flooding the air waves since yesterday, since the decision was made, especially on fox news. he's been talking about how he grew up playing baseball, he's a braves fan. he said he feels this is terrible for the small businesses in the metro atlanta area who were hoping to benefit from this area hosting the game. here's what else he said this morning on fox & friends. >> what major league baseball should do, they should simply talk to me about it because i'll be glad to do it. they have yet to do that. they have yet to bring up one thing that is actually in the bill that they're mad about. it's not worth it, the pressure is too great. stacey abrams and the white house, they're just done with it. and that's what's wrong with the country right now. we have to stand up and fight and i can t

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>>> now to the major league baseball battle between professional baseball and the state of georgia mlbame on friday over its controversial voting law this weekend its governor fired back here is nbc's steve patterson. >> reporter: major league baseball is now back in full swing. but the most radical play so far comes from the league itself, pulling its extravagant all-star game and draft weekend out of atlanta. georgia's governor brian kemp cried fall, calling it a cave to cancel culture. >> 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. >> reporter: the mlb's decision a reaction to the access to dr, absentee voting, and critics say targets black voters with heavy new requirements in atlanta, praise over the move >> the mlb is right in pulling the all-star game from atlanta >> reporter: former president barack obama tweeting congratulations to the mlb for taking a stand on behalf of voting rights while former president trump fired boycott baseball and all of the woke companies that are interfering wi

meanwhile, new reaction to the mlb decision to move its all-star game.ernor of texas is responding. businesses called out for their hypocrisy over supporting the move. brian kilmeade has a lot to say and he will join us next. >> people on both sides the degree that every that every one boycotting each other is not going to be the answer. looking at civic participation economic vitality. they shouldn't have to be polarized. i have friends. [ chuckles ] well, he may have friends, but he rides alone. that's jeremy, right there! we're literally riding together. he gets touchy when you talk about his lack of friends. can you help me out here? no matter why you ride, progressive has you covered with protection starting at $79 a year. well, we're new friends. to be fair. eh, still. important news for veteran homeowners. introducing refiplus from newday usa. refiplus lets you refinance at near record lows plus get cash. with home values climbing, now is the smartest time ever to turn your home's increased value into an average of $50,000 cash. refiplus. it's new

on friday, the mlb announced they were moving the all star game out of the state.ounty tourism official says the economic impact is about $100 million. >> governor brian kemp is blaming cancel culture, and partisan activists, cnn's natasha chen has more. >> on saturday, governor kemp doubled down on this voting law, saying major league baseball caved to cancel culture, bend to the left. he said that president jooe bidn and stacey abrams have been lying about the law. i asked whether lies about the 2020 election had anything to do with the urgency, and time line of passing this bill into law. is the timing of this based on your belief that there was some fraud in recently elections in georgia? >> i've realized people have all kinds of difference of opinions and beliefs about the 2020 election. but make no mistake, there were issues that happened on the election. like they do in every election. >> kemp also said mlb should have come to him with specific complaints about the bill and that he would welcome questions about the specific, so we did ask him about things li

what do you think now, now that mlb has decided to leave?ll, yeah, i kind of sounded the alarms curing election time because i was on the ground and i was seeing the demographics change, the ground game change. you know, it's true that the republicans are correct on the merits of this. "the washington post" has already destroyed the democratic party on this. when you have lost "the washington post," then you know you are straight up lying. most of the businesses that are over here virtue signaling they don't care about the issue. they care about the people that are gonna make them suffer from a business standpoint, right? they don't care about what's happening in georgia. but, none of that really matters. winning the argument on the merits doesn't matter if you don't win the people. and republicans often fall in this trap. i have been watching the governor of georgia all at a -- all week, actually, talk about how he saw this coming from the left, that they purchased the domain weeks ago. then why weren't you prepared for it? i watched the gu

i mean, mlb reports that big names would boycott the game if it was held in atlanta.you think that's part of the issue? and what do we do about it? >> it's time for people to push back and stand up. i was so glad to see the people in georgia, the governor and some of the legislate to haves, are standing up and pushing back. now, if there's something legitimate they can point to in the law and specifically say, look, this is really bad, well, then do it. but do it in the context of when that law is being debated and discussed, voted on. they wait until afterwards, they were all fine with it until it got signed, and then some people raised some sand about it even though they couldn't tell you what it was they were unhappy with, and suddenly these corporations cave. but these are the same corporations that don't say a word about their businesses in china where uyghur muslims are being slaughtered over there. and i just find that hypocrisy to be utterly unacceptable. my feeling is, eric, it ought to be simple. these companies and corporations if they're selling soft drink

in response the mlb announced it's moving the 2021 all-star game and 2021 draft out of atlanta to a still yet to be determined location. the announcement comes two days after president biden weighed in on the draconian new law and suggested he would support a boycott over it. >> it's just not right. this is jim crow on steroids what they're doing in georgia and 40 other states. what is this all about? imagine passing a law saying you cannot provide water or food for someone standing in line to vote? can't do that? come on. or you're going to close a polling place at 5:00 when working people just get off? this is all about keeping working folks and ordinary folks that i grew up with from being able to vote. >> major league baseball commissioner rob manford said in part in 2020 mlb became the first professional sports league to join the nonpartisan civic alliance to help build a future in which everyone participates in shaping the united states. we proudly used our platform to encourage baseball fans and communities throughout the country to perform their civic duty and actively participate

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the systems are very, very different. >> so let's talk about what's happening now with the mlb. republicans are slamming the mlb's decision, claiming that your state's voting laws are more restrictive than georgia's as we talked about. this is what our fact checker found out to get more specific about what you said. daniel dale says it is highly dishonest ask that -- i want to know what your reaction is to the gop pushing this misinformation. first i would message what tim scott said, but he's not the only one there making this claim. >> some of my friends -- i was out at easter brunch and friends were giving the same argument. but it is based on the wrong facts. the key is what we tried to do in colorado is get more people to vote every election. what people forget is that colorado's system was created by republican and democratic county clerks working together. the majority were republicans, and they had a shared vision that they wanted more people to vote. they wanted to someday get to 100% voting. that's the vision. isn't that what this democracy should be based on? >> mm-hm

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lebron james says and we stand with you, mlb.rack obama came out with a tweet, congratulating major league baseball. so, it was viewed as a very popular move. and they may start doing more of this stuff. and i -- i think -- i think, too, michael w, was, you know, they have been talking about black lives matter, different things during, you know, what's happened this past year. they were the last sport to respond to the george floyd killing. so, i think, they say, you know what? it's up to us to make a stand here. and this is the first time, ever, you know, a big event's been cancelled within a calendar year. we only have three months before the all-star game. >> yeah. yeah, good point. bob nightingale with "usa today." pleasure talking with you, thanks, bob. >> thank you, michael. >>> an ep pick three-point shot at the buzzer has set the stage for the biggest night in men's college basketball. check this out. >> gonzaga. for the win! >> jalin suggs to seal the win over ucla, 93-90. gonzaga will take on baylor, in monday night's f

liz: tonight major league baseball did a big swing and a miss, the mlb moving its all-star game to denveratlanta when colorado has tougher voting laws, fewer early voting days in the same voter id laws as georgia but president biden and barack obama support the baseball boycott of atlanta when it slammed black workers and families in georgia. marco rubio blasted the mlb commissioner, he wants to know if the baseball commissioner will drop his own membership in the exclusive agusta national club and stop the mlb tried to make money and timing communist china in cuba does our major human rights violators. top s georgia official bush miller, ford o'connell and also fred fleitz, chris bedford and congressman brian babin of texas we have more on the fight over baseball boycott and the dozens of companies that oppose george's reporting laws those companies require ids from workers and customers, the white house of the media including cnn don lemon saying they are misleading and gas lighting the public over george's new voting law in 60 minutes trying to claim a cut for clarity, ron desantis of

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meanwhile, some democrats are worrying that this decision by the mlb is going to be the first of manyld face unless the law is changed. >> i can't say that i like it, but i certainly understand it. and it is really probably the first of many boycotts of our state to come. and the consequences of this bill are significant. just as the legislatures and the governor have made the decision, and the legislatures and the governor made the decision to go forward with this bill, and people are making decisions not to come to our state. >> for more on today's developments, bring in natasha chen, and the governor held a news conference to defend this law. does it appear that he has any plans to push for any changes or compromise? >> absolutely not, fred. he seemed defiant and doubled down on the position, and he was flanked by a lot of state legislatures who agreed with him. he said that major league baseball and as well as some of the corporations making the blanket criticism statements, and he said that they were bending to the left, and bending to cancel culture, and that they were afraid of

the mlb is doing a major piece of business in atlanta for july.were going to have the all-star game. it was a celebration with fans returning to the stadium but the passing of the great african american ball player, probably the greatest, hank aaron that died this year. amid that, the controversy over the georgia voting law. you have people like president biden calling it a new jim crow. stacey abrams also a voting rights activist credited with turning the peach state blue the last election, coming out against this law. lebron james, the basketball star, also a voting rights activist against the law. put that together, the mlb commissioner manfred said that these activists would turn it into a circuit and political debate over this law, take away from what major league baseball is, a game of relief from all the pressures of day-to-day life. here's what we know. stacey abrams and lebron james. stacey abrams herself and lebron james did meet with senior mlb officials to advocate that the league denounced new voting laws and the commissioner believed

hey, mlb, give us a call. so maybe we'll get one here in the bay area.ready set to be in los angeles next year. so. could work out. i guess newsome has how many ballparks diego. >> anaheim l a oakland's. yeah. 5 option that 5 not not bad. >> there's the jets is a trans saying there's a chance. i think i think there is we'll find out soon. hopefully think there's enough. >> go cards. that's crazy. >> still to come, imagine paying more for your rental car then for your actual vacation. well, that may be we made usaa insurance for members like martin. an air force veteran made of doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it with hassle-free claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. because doing right by our members, that's what's right. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. ♪ usaa ♪ we're made for. $600 a day for one of the state even going for a 1000. >> not talking about h

to the point and the mlb decision, your reaction. guest: the washington post of all places fact checked a lot of these and found them to be false. the premise of the georgia law is to expand voting opportunity while increasing identification. i can't walk up and get tickets at will call in any major league stadium without showing my identification. we have to show id almost everywhere. this issue has been pulled -- has been polled so many times in the last years. if i tell you is mostly sunny, someone will call and say it is partly cloudy. this has overwhelming support across the board. this issue was gas lighted. i have to give a toast to stacey abrams in georgia. she baited this so successfully that it went beyond what she thought was capable. her own media listened to her so much now she is complaining that mlb has pull out of your state. i don't know how many times your audience has been to fulton county, georgia but i have been there and there are a lot of minority owned businesses around the games and now they have been destroy

we will continue to cover this and see if mlb does anything else.a response back we would love to hear about it, have a good day. lawrence: many worry president biden will overstep the right to bear arms. the second amendment sanctuary, the sheriff joins us next. plus, one senator urges americans to get vaccinated. ♪♪ free and beauty surrounds you ♪♪ the world still astounds you ♪♪ each time you look at a star ♪♪ i am senator john kennedy - in business, customer support is mission critical. with grammarly business, you can turn your frontline reps into bottom line superheros. take carl, for example. carl's got a superpower, spot on customer support. grammarly business helped him set the right tone increasing our customer satisfaction by 17%. - [children] hurray! - which leads to happier customers, and stronger relationships. learn more at grammarly.com/business. >> when they ask if that was your laptop you say you don't know which is hard to be leave and it is like i'm surprised you have shoes on. >> the fact of the matter -- >> hunter biden joking

raising mlb from pulling the all-star game, this is the quote.atulations to mlb for taking a stand on behalf of voting rights for all citizens. there is no better way for america's past time to honor hank aaron, who always lead by example. that was obama on saturday. the hill noting that among the restrictions governor kemp signed into law, the mets on alec dropbox's, shorter periods in which residents can apply for balance, and new photo id requirements for absentee voting. those new measures coming under withering criticism from democrats and some private companies. your thoughts on the mlb pulling the all-star game from atlanta. this is barb in the iowa falls. a republican. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. i feel like sports and politics should not mix at all. am i on? host: yes, ma'am. why don't you think they should make? caller: they just shouldn't. i think my grandchildren watching baseball, basket all and all of that and they see somebody kneeling, now we're going to pull this mlb, they are going to pull their gam

he later got a call that mlb was moving the all-star game out of atlanta.o distance itself from the blowback as more companies join in the boycott of this law but the white house and the president never took back any of the false claims they made about the law. today white house press secretary jen psaki would not say if the president regretted publicly supporting mlb's decision to boycott georgia? >> he would support that decision, that decision was made by major league baseball. just like he would support decisions made by private sector companies. we're not standing here, calling for companies to boycott. reporter: senate minority leader mitch mcconnell saying today when it comes to politics he thinks businesses should mind their own business? >> don't do it. the other coca-cola, the other companies that basically responded to this partisan appeal are doing the same thing. you know republicans drink coca-cola too. and we fly. and we like baseball. if i were running a major corporation i would stay out of politics. reporter: mcconnell says if major league

when you step back to look at mlb, that is a really interesting political construction.y balanced, 32% conservative, 38% democrat and 30% independent or swing type voters. if you were pick of major four sports, hard to find one more balanced processing the issue which takes full circle to your point. the democrats paraphrased this, provide a different meaning, present it at as fact, the trouble for million dollars sports organization, the mlb did 10.7 billion in revenue before covid, the corporate sponsors take the cliff notes version and feel pressure. two areas you mentioned, texas and atlanta, are the most conservative fans in all of mlb, roughly 38% conservative. the problem two major corporations in both texas and atlanta came out against the respective voting bills. dell computers in texas, and american airlines, and in atlanta, delta and coca-cola. sports business is trillion dollar global scale, trillion dollar domestically ecosystem. they depend on each other, media, corporate sponsors, fans, right now to your point, neil, it is fans that are losing in this ecos

you wonder if the mlb read that new law.resident biden says higher taxes to pay for his massive infrastructure plan would not slow down the economy. the president today celebrating a very positive jobs report for march. speaking of numbers, we are getting extraordinary new projections tonight on the number of children crossing into the u.s. from the southern border. white house correspondent peter doocy takes a look. >> as the president prepared for easter at camp david. >> i hope y'all have a good weekend. >> you too. >> i'm looking forward to it. [laughter] >> border officials are braising for as many as 184,000 unaccompanied minors crossing the border by the end of the year. >> we're going to surpass the numbers from back in 2019? gloria chavez el paso border patrol chief released video of two toddlers being dropped over the border wall there week and shares photo of the 3 and 5-year-old girls being given snacks. this is why she went public. >> so that the parents that are actually conducting this type of arrangement with

i want to go back to mlb for a moment as well. they're expanding our presence in china. this voting bill in georgia, expanding the presence in china which is a communist regime which doesn't give their people any rights if you want to boil it down, so mlb has lots of answers. baseball is a great american sports, so many baseball players that are conservative, holding their tongue right now and encourage those conservatives whether they be in major league sport, whether they be in hollywood or entertainment, now is the time to speak out, the reason this is happening is because you were being so quiet, going along to get along, want to play nice in the locker room, letting the dash sitting back as part of a players association and saying this sounds good, same thing last year with the blm walk off and canceling games in the boycotts, this is going on long enough. if your rational human being in sports, and entertainment, in music come in hollywood, now is a time to stand up and say enough is enough. more people will follow your lead but somebody has to be brave and bold en

so i asked him if mlb had done that?as there any part of the bill he would have been open to discussing or adjusting? he said that's a question about a nonexistent situation, because mlb didn't do that. we talked to the cobb county travel organization. they said they smimt more than $100 million may be lost because of the game pulling out of the georgia. someone else asked what governor kemp feels about a possible snowball effect other businesses potential pulling out of georgia. he doubled down and said he would stand up and fight this. at the same time you have other major athletes, politicians chiming in here. let me read a tweet from former president obama. he said congratulations to mlb for taking a stand. there's no better way for america east pastime to honor the great hank aaron who always led by example. they said investments for local communities here in atlanta, though projects will still continue, regardless. >> natasha chen, thanks. >>> remember, they did this in georgia as a response to donald trump losing

. >>> and a call out about the mlb and cancel culture and two former president's with very different opinions. this is "cnn newsroom." >>> easter sunday services began about an hour ago at the vatican. covid restrictions have again en intruded on the holiday. italians are now under a three-day lock down. the pope is delivering it's annual easter message that is about an hour from now. we are joined from rome. so a subdued easter as we see from a few people in what is normally a very crowded place. how is the pope grating, what's his message? >> well, right now i'm standing in front of st. petersburg. the hope is inside holding mass. you see those pictures. what i want to show you, one of the effects of covid is normally when the pope is inside they will broadcast that on these screens, there is about five screens inside the square there. they're black today, turned off, because of course they don't want to encourage people to come down to the square. we have been noticing joggers and cyclists passing through, it's their excuse to get out. otherwise people living in the area can't com

mlb commissioner, according to sources close to him, feared activists would turn the atlanta all-star he just said let's get out of here, make a at the same time about the law that's marginally positive, marginally attacks it from the standpoint of voting rights, and let's just not be part of the circus. at least that's what i'm getting from people close to him. he faced intense pressure from progressive voting, progressive voting rights activists to denounce the law and maybe even, at least on his side of the story, believed that they wanted, some of these activists wanted him to endorse h.r. 1, that's that federal legislation passed the house that's supposed to nationalize elections that republicans say, that republicans are against, democrats are pushing. here's what we know, stacey abrams, aforementioned, and lebron james, the basketball star turned voting rights activist, both met with mlb officials to advocate -- i should point out these are representatives of lebron james who has a voting rights group. from what i understand, the least political decision, manfred believes, was

mlb, did that go too far?nteresting, where are they going to go now, considering that some of these other states also have voter i.d. requirements. also have limited early access. what i think is interesting is watching the limited number of senators and congressmen that are reacting to this by threatening legislative retaliation. we're in a new era right now, where republicans have decided to blend together their anti-corporate class warfare, culture war into one bundle. and they're going to be focused on going after companies and businesses, threatening their tax breaks, threatening the anti-trust exemption of major league baseball. this is going to be a very interesting new era. how far are they going to be willing to use government power to punish private entities that take political positions they don't like? >> it's interesting, also, it seems a lot of these georgia legislatures, they don't understand the 4 other states. i'm sure jacksonville, florida, would love to have coca-cola in their city limits. i

listen, he is guilty of what he is accusing of the mlb of doing, because he is -- the mlb is the oneho decided it to take the game out. it wasn't democrats. stacey abrams and others did not want the all-star game taken out of atlanta. >> yeah. this is all about vengeance and grievance. i think it's useful to rewind a little bit and think about why we are here. we are here in this political situation because of the election lies that donald trump pedaled and people like mitch mcconnell enabled to try to win a race in georgia. we are here because of the capitol insurrection. we are here because of the restrictions of voting laws that republicans have been pushing across the nation. not in georgia. and so when mitch mcconnell surveys these events, he has decided he is a victim. a lot of other republicans have because they don't like the fact that joe biden and others accuse of them embracing jim crow policies. now, i think that's a heavy charge. i think jobe should be asked to explain why he makes that comparison. if you put that aside and if you want to talk about mitch mcconnell, he h

that's hypocrisy and they're calling about canceling mlb.ove just cares about power. and that's what, you know, on this day of martin luther king's anniversary of his assassination, he reminded us of that years ago even as he was leading calls for boycotts of some companies. >> yeah, the 53rd anniversary today. before we let you go, you mentioned other states. where do you go from here now? mayor keisha lance bottoms was on with ali velshi yesterday about what could be done. >> it's too late for the legislature to go back and reconsider this. the governor certainly can call a special session, have them reconsider this, make tweaks to it so it is truly a bill that expands access to right to vote. i think this is the first of many domino effect. we are all going to suffer because of it. >> cliff, is that even within the realm of possibility after kemp doubled down yesterday that they go back in special session? if not, what are you and other activists doing in other states where these measures are being proposed? >> yeah. whether it happens in

many are now forced to change plans if they want to cheer on the mlb all-star game in person on friday mlb commissioner rob manfred made the decision to pull its summer all-star game out of atlanta because of georgia's new election rules today. republican governor brian kemp called the decision the wrong move yesterday major league baseball came to fear and. >> last 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, civil rights leaders, lobby for the mlb to take action against georgia's new sweeping election law. the measure has several changes to voting rules. >> including shortening the time for runoffs from 9 weeks to 4 weeks military and overseas voters will use ranked choice absentee ballots to rank all possible candidates before a general election or primary. and there is a new photo id requirement for voting absentee by mail. democrats say the law will restrict voting access especially for voters of color. republican supporters say the law is necessary to restore confidenc

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. >> reporter: kemp also said mlb should have come to him with specific complaints about the bill and that he would welcome questions about the specifics. so we did ask him about things like banning mobile voting centers, banning the automatic mailing of absentee ballot applications, specifying the number of drop boxes and locations. he chalked up a lot of that to improved election security. of course now you have pro athletes and politicians like former president barack obama chiming in, saying they support mlb's decision here. whether you support or oppose it, it's local businesses who are really going to hurt from potential lost revenue. cobb county where we're located here estimates there's more than $100 million potentially lost because of mlb relocating this all-star game. mlb has said they'll continue to invest in local organizations in atlanta as part of the all-star legacy projects as originally planned. natasha chen, cnn, cobb county, georgia. >>> still ahead on "newsroom," high-profile arrests in a country known for stability. why the jordanian king's half-brother says he c

mlb is protesting georgia's new voting law and moving the game is expecting to cost atlanta some $100 million in revenue hurting many minority-owned businesses in particular. however, president biden is calling georgia's voting law racist but he held back when pressed by our own peter doocy about the upcoming masters golf tournament that didn't cancel. it is still in georgia. it starts today. >> do you think the masters golf tournament should be moved out of georgia? >> i think that's up to the masters. these new jim crow laws are just not who we are. when they, in fact, move out of georgia, the people who need the help the most, people who are making hourly wages, sometimes get hurt the most. the best way to deal with this is for georgia and other states to smarten up, stop it. stop it. >> harris: and in georgia speaking of that masters game, of course, today's media day. they had the big dinner last night. it is on. curious to see how much they talk about this topic with the players. a former mlb commissioner ripped the decision to move the all-star game in a new op-ed saying the cu

the day before the mlb pulled the all-star game out of atlanta the league extended, expanded its deal with the chinese tech joint to stream baseball games in china so the day before they canceled mlb they expanded it, a deal to china and that is not always rejected major league baseball has worked hand-in-hand with the communist regime as part of a children's development program. joining me as chris bedford, senior editor of the federalist and victor davis hanson, senior fellow at the hoover institution. let me start with you. major league baseball says there georgia decision was over values so does this mean they share china's values? >> they are lying about that. it wasn't about values, it was about money and being woke and whether it was a combination of the corporations believing this garbage or the people being absolutely afraid of being boycotted, all they care about is money. if they are moving into colorado, a state that is astringent is georgia which they are not stringent at all that voter integrity that is the example they are talking about and deal with china operating con

then why did mlb move the all-star game yesterday? because joe biden and stacey abrams have spent days lying to georgians and the american people. >> natasha chen is in atlanta for us. how do other officials and georgia voters feel about this move? >> reporter: pamela, let's start with the people standing with governor kemp today at that press conference. he was flanked by both state and federal lawmakers applauding him for not wavering on this voting law, applauding him for denouncing what he calls this ka cancel culture that mlb intent to the left and pro-athletes and others congratulating mlb to relocate the all-star game. talking to people just walking past the park we heard from a neighbors who said he fully agrees with governor kemp and said it is unfortunate that the local businesses lose out on the revenue from this game. that particular issue of local businesses hurt shared by everyone but these couple of young voters told me they understand where mlb is coming from here. >> i think they made the right decision for them. just

joe biden answered a question about the mlb, mlb moving a game. and his answer was one of accountability, not one of a lie, nor was it one of cancel culture. it's one of accountability. businesses are responding to what they feel is right. what they feel the people, who buy their products. they are standing up for the folks who buy their products. what is wrong with that? i thought republicans were all about capitalism. right? remember, the whole thing about nike and they were, like, throwing away toasters and coffee makers or something like that? because they were so upset about -- it makes no sense, anymore. none. do you believe in capitalism? or you don't believe in capitalism. do you believe in cancel culture? or you don't believe in it. because you're doing a whole lot of cancelling. one of trump's biggest supporters on capitol hill is embattled-republican, matt gaetz. and he is taking a page right out of trump's playbook. never back down. gop congressman from florida is under investigation now, you know, by the justice department for alleged