ashley: a live report in denver, just hours from the mlb all-star game.ter than what you said. that is just me. the mlb all-star game only happened twice in his 90 year history, once during world war ii and the other time was last year during the coronavirus pandemic. needless to say fans are excited to get back into coors field behind me and have some fun. how excited are you? >> full 10. so many people out, fun to see everything back to life. >> a bucket list for us, dream come true. what about you? >> yes. >> this game means a lot to businesses denver expects to make $62,100,000,000 in revenue but the game was supposed to be in atlanta. major league baseball moved over georgia's voting law, democrats plan is restrictive. george offers two days of early voting, both states require ids devoted person but california gives everyone a ballot automatically. republican national committee is area and add during the game criticizing the move as an attempt to score political points. >> this was supposed to be at night, democrats stole our all-star game to push t

heidi watney is with us now, reporter and host for mlb network.hank you for having me on. historic broadcast to have all women crew doing an mlb game for me it's not a pinch me moment i saw the pregame show on my schedule and thought i'm doing another youtube pregame. youtube is a great platform because it's free and accessible to everyone and for me it's kind of a more casual broadcast we get to wear jeans and t-shirts and talking about baseball with our friends. >> it must be fun to know that women are running the whole show, no >> it is fun it is fun and especially the group of women that we're doing the game with. melanie newton has done our 10,000 hours and came up through the minor, broadcasting games, earned this spot and does a fantastic job. sarah langs is a brilliant writer for mbl.com, looks at the game from the analytics lens, and alana rizzo is an accomplished sideline reporter, worked for the dodgers for many years and the rockies, worked here at mlb network. she's great, knows what she's doing and a great story toler and me and laur

well, it was the fun story of the mlb draft.didn't know we needed the a's drafted a player named max muncy in the first round not to be confused with current major leaguer next month. see who the a's drafted back in 2000, 12 and was now an all-star with the dodgers. okay. even more fun is the fact that the muncy's share a birthday august 25th and the uniqueness of this situation isn't lost on the muncy's either. here's max muncy on max muncy is not. >> about last year this year, obviously it's kind you know, i think on you washington. >> hopefully this get too confusing over the next 10 years. meanwhile, congratulations are in order for a local prep. best baseball player davis d s played for nease high school in lafayette. and today he became the only current high schooler in the bay area to be drafted. the arizona diamondbacks select a d as in 2 days. >> 12 brown is position player played catcher and shortstop where he batted 4. '06, and knocked in 10 rbi this season. don't expect to see him in the majors anytime soon. diaz is

the mlb all-star game will take place in denver, colorado. the home run derby took place last night. unfortunately, oakland's matt olson did make it out for the first round but you still hit 23 home runs now the attention switches to the game tonight where the giants a's each half to represent kevin torres is live in denver this morning with more on the excitement surrounding the game. good morning, kevin. >> good morning. rain. and good morning, everybody had all those excitement that is building up here in the mile high city over the last week leading up to today major league baseball's all-star games after 04:30pm pacific time today and it's going to be quite the show. you know, last evening fans got quite the site as well with the mlb's home run derby. in fact, our data desk found out ticket sales for the home run derby actually eclipsed tonight's game, which is really interesting. certainly a big night for new york. mets first baseman pete alonso who won his second straight home run derby last evening saying, quote, i'm the best power hi

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. >>> holes in the coronavirus protocol for the mlb and the >>> breaking news out of texas. four officers were shot, and one of them died during a shoot out. it happened in a small town in west texas 30 miles from lubbock. at the time police responding to a standoff. that situation is still ongoing with gunshot still being heard right now. >>> the former 49ers start richard sherman is being released from jail following s sterda heinxited and threatened to kill himself during a confrontation with family members. a police report revealed his father-in-law armed himself with a handgun and use pepper spray against the nfl star. in court his lawyer pointed out he has never been in legal trouble and should be released. the judge agreed. >> he is a pillar in this community and a business owner and a husband. he is a father. and i will release him on his own recognizance. >> he is facing several charges and due back in court tomorrow. >>> a huge development in the baseball world as covid becomes a growing concern. the yankees post all star break opener against the boston red sox hav

usually take cities 2 years to put on the mlb all-star game, denver had 13 weeks.sinesses are ready for the crowd. >> we've seen a lot of folks traveling from out of town coming out in wonderful numbers to come and dine with us. we've been fortunate to see so many new faces. >> we saw traffic everywhere, they were jampacked full of people enjoying themselves and getting to know denver but everyone is recovering from the pandemic. nice to have fresh faces in the building and getting back to normal. >> the last year and a half has been a challenge but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. >> a lot of businesses have staffing issues because the unemployment benefits it was hard to get people get back to work. >> reporter: did you experience that? >> still experiencing shortages on staffing. a lot of hardship, people putting a lot of hours. restaurant workers thank everybody because we are out here putting in the work. carley: obviously denver's gain is atlanta's loss. denver expects to make between 60, and $100 million in tourism and revenue. it was originally sup

what have you gotten from some of those typical mlb viewers? are they excited about this?> you know, i think the response has been tremendous in terms of the positivity, how excited people are for this historic broadcast. i was saying this the other day on a different interview. one of the best complements, i think the five of us could receive, but we are your favorite broadcaster. you take gender out of it. sometimes, we get the complement like you are my favorite female broadcaster. we would like to be able to take the gender out of it and say, you know what? you do a really good job. you know what you are talking about. and if you look across the platform of this, the five of us really do have incredible resumes. we have been covering the sport of baseball for a long time, and very different capacities. this is not just a one-off, this is not a group of people that they threw together, to make a point, or to get clicks, or to have people read articles, or tune in. this is something they felt was important as baseball is a global game, an international game. it is import

. >> amazing what they've done with that roster mlb draft today. giants have the 14th overall pick and they made will that are the newest member of the orange and black. it's been a pretty good couple of weeks for benton ark. he helped his mississippi state bulldogs win the college world series where he was named the most outstanding player that now was 911, this year with a 3, 1, 2, e r a he's the first picture taken by the giants in the first round since 2000, 15 looking forward to seeing what he can do. ok, now let's talk some oakland baseball. we've got 2 good teams here. the a's played today as well. a rubber match with the rangers after they split the first 2 in this series. matt olson, of course, every day. this is yesterday prepping for tomorrow's all-star home run derby and the a's were playing long-ball all day today to top of the second jed lowry drives one deep to center field and gone for a solo home run. >> it's one nothing a's. we go to the next batter, sean murphy yesterday and he goes way back to right center. that one is also out

mlb moved the game because of georgia's new voting laws.oah pran ski went to atlanta to see if the move did anything to effect the voting rights conversation. >> reporter: the braves not being able to host the all-star game this year. how did that emotionally feel? >> it's whole bunch of things it didn't do. and once it hit that national narrative, it was like an out of control freight train and couldn't stop it. >> brent raffensperger has a thing about setting the record straight. >> president trump did not carry the state of georgia. what he said was not correct. >> reporter: but the georgia republican is pushing back against democrats this time in a claim his state's new election law will suppress votes. the outrage back in march led the all star came from georgia to colorado. >> deciding there will be no absentee ballots under rigid circumstances, this is gigantic. >> it was an example of people not checking out and actually reading the bill. and they listened to the national media that was telling people one thing, but that's not exact

now, it usually takes cities two years to put on the mlb all-star game.we've got foot traffic everywhere. we've got three different sides to have building that are just jam-packed full of people from out of town enjoying themselves. ever since recovering from the pandemic, it's nice to have fresh faces in the building and getting back to normal. >> the last year and a half has been a challenge, but i think, you know, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. >> reporter: a lot of businesses had staffing issues. did you experience that? >> definitely. we are still experiencing shortages on staffing. a lot of hardship on that. a lot of people putting in a lot of hours so, definitely, you know, thank your restaurant workers because we're really out here putting in the work. >> reporter: and if you feel like we've been talking about the mlb all-star game for a while, it's because we have. major league baseball moving out of the game out of atlanta into denver because of the georgia voting law, the single biggest news story when it happened back in april. as a

mlb's investigation into the allegations made against trevor bauer is ongoing will no determination in the case has been made. we have made the decision to place mister bauer on seven-day administrative leave effective immediately goes on to say mlb will continue to collect info in our ongoing investigation. concurrent with the pasadena police departments, active criminal investigation. we will comment further at the appropriate time. that is a situation there. some unfortunate news really for team usa. so said usa track and field star should carry richardson has been suspended sticks. she is a star from the olympic team suspended for one month. >> after testing positive for thc. she was going to compete in the 100 meter sprint in tokyo next month. really one of the signature events of the olympics this morning. she apologized said she takes full responsibility for her actions said she knew, but she wasn't supposed to do it. but she made the decision anyway as she was trying to cope with the news that her mother had just died. it is unclear at this time whether she will miss the games

back in 2018, you know, when the mlb and cleveland got together, they were trying to get away from thehey were called the cleveland baseball teams the guardians they'll be called now. this was started years ago obviously we know last year with the washington football team having dropped their name, that it was going to a trickle-down effect how many teams would follow suit the cleveland team felt it was the right thing to do. they got to start getting people aware of this new name what's going to be interesting is at the end of this, when they start their transition in 2022, how the rest of the current merchandise of the team, what's going to happen to that? i talked to for a nattics, one of the e-commerce companies, said we haven't seen a spike yet, but i'm expecting that to happen, especially as we get closer to the new logo so not surprising, but i will be keeping an eye on how the merchandise goes as we get closer and closer do 2022. >>> olympics obviously starting off. i'm excited for the philly people in the olympics wife of a philadelphia eagle, so definitely rooting for them. a

. >> this week, hundreds of baseball prospects are all hoping to see their dreams come true in the mlb draft one player to watch cow infielder in northern california. native there baker. he's going to be looking to follow in the footsteps of his death. dusty baker. one of the most well respected managers in baseball kron 4 sports reporter kylen mills car with daryn ahead of the draft week. >> who could forget this moment at the 2002 world series when giants manager dusty baker son, daron ran onto the field fast forward 19 years and that toddler is now ready to make his second debut in major league baseball. >> you know, i've always said i want to be a baseball player. it's kind of this. what i feel most comfortable you know, kind of a space to just be myself and play. darren baker says despite trying other sports as a kid. his passion has always been baseball. >> he knows he was lucky to have his dad is a resource and have some of his dad's former players like joey votto as mentors, but it wasn't always easy. >> you know, wasn't the easiest. probably when i was younger growing up in i

alix: we've got the e-commerce entrepreneur and the mlb all-star, mark loh -- mark lori -- marc lore a rod, in their first interview together. how do you do that in this environment when there is so much private capital? guy: we should probably ask about what is happening with the yankees as well. alix: look at you talking baseball. guy: i know. i'm the cricket guy here, but we can talk about a spell as well. alix: it's true, but if you had a soccer player on your set, i would be like, i've got nothing. guy: i have at least been to a baseball game. alix: fair enough. guy: that imminently qualifies me to talk about it. but i think it is interesting what is happening in sports more broadly. they are all being disrupted by covid. should all of the players be mandatory vaccinated? how does this work? it's chaos across the world in terms of sports. alix: totally, but also longer-term, how are people watching sports is totally changing, and has been for the last few years in terms of streaming. that is creating a lot of disruption, which means opportunities. we are looking forward to break

georgia, but after republicans in the state legislature there passed a new restrictive voting bill mlbthe game in protest. noah pransky spoke to leaders from both parties in that state about what happened and how they say the move hurt georgians. >> reporter: the braves not being able to host the all-star game this year, how did that emotionally feel >> it was a really big disappointment they said it is a whole bunch of things it didn't do. once you hit that national narrative, it was like out of, you know, control freight train and couldn't stop itout settingd straight >> president trump did not carry the state of georgia what h >> reporter: brett has a thing about setting the record straight >> president trump did not carry the state of georgia what he said was not factually correct. >> reporter: but the georgia republican is pushing back against democrats this time in a claim his state's new election law will suppress votes. the outrage in march led to major league baseball's baseball relocation from georgia to colorado. >> deciding that there will be no absentee ballots under the m

especially not us fans also want to ask you about a major announcement in mlb today.am is going to officially change their name to the guardians at the end of the season. the announcement was made in a video actually narrated by tom hanks. >> together we stand with all who understand what it means to be born and built from the land, because this is a city we love and the game we believe in together, we are all cleveland guardians. >> i mean, obviously a great narrator the change comes amid growing calls for sports teams to completely stop using native american names and imagery for mascots and logos. what do you think of this move >> not surprising. back in 2018, you know, when the mlb and cleveland got together, they were trying to walk it away from the logo of the former now what they were called the cleveland baseball team, the guardians they'll be called now. this was started years ago obviously we know last year with the washington football team having dropped their name, that it was going to a trickle-down effect how many other teams were going to follow suit th

the nba, mlb, they no longer test for the drug.ency says it can enhance performance. i mean, as a former track and field athlete, do you think that's the case? >> not at all. i think maybe it might do something to reaction time. it could affect in that way. but marijuana is not in any way, shape, or form, performance enhancing. i was a shot put and discus thrower. if i was high in the ring, there is no way that would have positively affected my performance. i would have probably thrown worse. and i imagine sprinters, they would not reaction well on the gun if they were high, as well. so i do not think, you know, smoking marijuana is a performance-enhancing drug. it is not -- it does not affect-year performance in that way. those rules in my opinion are outdated. >> i tend to disagree with you. it is, in fact, a performance-enhancing drug if you're performing in the nathan's hot dog competition. >> very time leap. >> exactly. >> tomorrow. >> without a doubt. seriously -- >> you might get a little bit of munchies. you might get a lit

. >> mlb moved the game because of the georgia vetting laws.e went to atlanta to find out if the move did anything to affect the voting rights conversation. >> the braves. how did that emotionally feel? >> it was a really big disappointment. once they hit that national narrative, it was like a out of control train. and couldn't stop it. >> brad has a thing about setting the record straight. >> president trump didn't carry the state of georgia. >> the georgia republican is pushing back against democrats this time. in a claim his state new election law will suppress votes. out rage over it in march led to the relocation of the all star game from georgia to colorado. >> deciding that the there will be no absentee ballots. under rigd circumstances. this is giantic. >> example of people not checking out and reading the bill. and listened to national media. that was telling people one thing. that's not what the bill is about. >> he says the peach state is more progressive on voting than liberal counter parts. >> you can vote absentee. and early. and

in a statement, the mlb said they will continue to collectfo investigation. the 30-year-old player has not been criminally charged. he denies the accusations. >>> the fastest woman in america has been suspended for a month for testing positive for marijuana. sha'carri richardson said she will accept the 30-day suspension that will end july 27th which means she won't be able to run the 100-meter race. here's more. >> reporter: from domination to despair, this morning an apology from sha'carri richardson after testing positive for thc. >> i take responsibility for my actions. i know what i did. i know what i'm supposed to do. i'm allowed not to do. >> reporter: she says she turned to marijuana to cope with her mother's death. >> for the fact i didn't know how to control my emotions or deal with my emotions during that time. >> reporter: athletes overwhelming coming out to offer her their support. megan rapinoe tweeting this is trash. standing with her. this has been outdated. many arguing cannabis is not performance-enhancing at all. the world antidoping agency

here at the mlb draft combine this last week and this week, the graduate from woodmere became the firsticing orthodox jewish people to be drafted by a major league baseball team. >> and what a moment it was when he got that news from the arizona diamondbacks. he leaves on monday. >> i was very excited, also. having all my friends there. and my family. it made it much better. >> jacob grew up here at hebrew academy in the five towns where oftentimes the orthodox don't play sports games on the sabbath. >> my family is okay with it. there might be other families that wouldn't do it. >> but jacob's family does keep kosher and he does not travel to games on the sabbath. which will be the biggest challenge moving forwar on foot mostly. >> i'll stay at a hotel nearby a field with the gapes. usually we try to keep it under a mile and a half, two miles. >> but he certainly has walked more in the past. >> you would walk three and a half, four miles, to the game and then play. >> and then play, yes. jacob's family figured basketball would actually be his sport because he is so tall but by the time

on to the mlb all-star game the american league eighth straight game with a 5-them to win over the nationalue. ♪♪ >> guerrero junior. todd: we should have vision of violence warning before that swing. he obliterated that, hitting the 2 hundredth home run in the history of the midsummer classic. the toronto blue jay was crowned. carley: they paid to be to hank aaron, giving his widow something signed by all players and the painting of the late hall of famer by a denver artist. is number 42 was lulled onto the right field grass. a good tribute there. todd: all the home runs we see it is amazing how good hank aaron was. just knocked the ball out of the park in a classy and dignified way. 10 minutes after the are. the fbi says new york city journalist targeted by iranian spies, the wild kidnapping plot just ahead. jillian: a kansas newspaper since is the state attorney general for signing the 1776 pledge to save our schools. derek schmidt joins us live coming up next. flowers are fighters. that's why the alzheimer's association walk to end alzheimer's is full of them. because flowers find a way

mlb, nba, nfl ratings and in some cases down dramatically.le people are saying they want no part of thisort, we love this and we don't want to be lectured to during sports. i think they are doing great damage to their leagues. >> i think they are doing great damage but it's called appeasement. who speaks for no one, who represents no one? respectfully, they can't win in the court of law. their policies do not call for working within the system, theyo want to destroy the system. that's why they want to destroy the school, they are in the streets and crying. the democrats have adopted them as part of the group. they talk about racial equity, packets torn apart in court. what we have is us or it's organizations are afraid of these groups so it gets shaken down and that's why you have the black national anthem. in conclusion there is only onen national anthem, only one american flag, nothing else and nothing more. politics should not be in sports. >> sean: and judge was anthony sabato jr. who was blacklisted by traditional hollywood, just to be clear for you. not your movie in particular. i

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so have mlb players. yankees, rockies, mariners. what's happening? aren't the vaccines working?are told six members of the texas delegation in d.c. were all vaccinated as well. what are we to make of this growing number of breakthrough cases? >> we are over testing. we should not be testing people who are fully vaccinated with no symptoms. that's actually a cdc guideline and nate were doing all the time. we doing re-routine testing. it sounds funny to say we are over testing after such a long period of under testing. in fully vaccinated people to cdc guidance is not to test asymptomatic people. the pcr test is so sensitive, it can detect as few as one dead virus particle in your nose, even though your immune system worked to fend it off and there's no risk of transmission or illness. that's part of the problem. >> shannon: i know people personally who were vaccinated months ago and have gotten very sick with their covid case testing. not just a symptomatic situation but people are very ill. is that just the exception to the rule? is it the delta variant? is the efficacy of the v

the movie is all about. >> sean: now that they have added politics, i don't think it's by accident, mlb, nba, nfl, ratings in some cases down dramatically. people are saying they want no part of this. that is not -- we love the sport, we love this, we don't want to be lectured to during sports. i think they are doing great damage to their leagues. >> i think they are doing great damage but it's called appeasement. they are appeasing the extreme group, black lives matter, who speaks for no one, who represents no one. i tell you right now respectfully, they can't win at court of law. their policies do not call for working within the system. they want to destroy the system. that's why they're trying to destroy our schools. they are industries, there is crime and the democrats have adopted them as part of their group. their fringe group and when they talk about racial equity, that gets torn apart in court. all these pro, preferential treatment based on race programs have been knocked out in court. what we have is sports organizations are afraid of these groups, so they get shaken down and t

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other teams will issue similar warnings >> maybe the nfl is different from the nba, different from mlbeir players union have a very active voice in the way things get done that union is very tough the nfl, this is more of a dictatorship, you know, in a way, you know? but you might see that, because listen, again, these leagues make money from the networks when you exhinterfere with the games and games have to get rescheduled they lose money because they don't get the value ofthe games. the reach that they were expecting going into these contests anytime it gets interfered, money gets interfered with i don't think nobody's going to mandate anything whou how would that look. but i think they're letting the players know that nothing's going to interfere with the money flow of this business and rescheduling games, postponing games, obviously that's something they don't want to see happen >>> i want to ask you about a major announcement in mlb. cleveland is changing their team to the guardians the announcement was made in a video narrated by tom hanks. >> together we stand with all who unde

i'm with -- "you deprived the state of $100 million when we lost the mlb all-star game.ademy awards. >> emily: i love that so much. it's typical of the hollywood elites and self-congratulatory democrats that shine the sunlight on each other while leading in the shade, the other millions of americans who are worse for it. there's nothing for that reason except for the 6 that you have. >> sen. james: well plate. [laughter] >> harris: jonas james. >> sen. james: the emmys can do what they want. i don't care. there are people suffering in this country. it's not stacey abrams, it's not the least from the coast making this call for the emmys, and frankly, the people in america, normal, average, everyday americans see this. they see they are not represented, their views are not represented because diversity of thought it doesn't matter these people. being able to express yourself if you are not a democrat isn't paroled. participation awards for running campaigns are greats, but frankly, those of us who are dedicated to serving and making this country a better place -- >> harris

. >>> a few hours before the game, mlb's commissioner put the spotlight on the a's. >> he tried applyingpressure to keep the team in oakland. the way the city council votes it month will quote, determine the fate of baseball in oakland. a week from today, the oakland city council is to vote. manfred says a negative vote by the council could mean the end of the a's. >>> roger federer says a knee injury will keep him out of the upcoming olympic games. federer says he's greatly disappointed, calling competing for his company switzerland in honor and high right of his career. he won a gold if doubles at the 2008 olympics. >> he'll surely be missed. >>> a plane crashed into a home in monterey. >> some of the flames have spread to other property causing spot fires. >> we are live in monterey. >>> the school year hasn't started yet, but there's already confusion about whether your kid also have to wear masks if

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part of the all-star festivities for mlb has a bay area representative kate rooney joins us.u how he did. plus another shocker with the u.s. olympic basketball team dream on dame. it's going on. that's all next in sports. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> better than the home run derby to spice up an otherwise dull monday, especially with one of the bay area's very own all stars in action. 8 players in this year's derby at coors field in denver representing the bay area, of course, is first baseman. matt olson who hit 23 home runs the 1st half of the season also had a tough first round tonight having to beat the 24 home runs the baltimore stray hit right before wilson got his turn. he did not disappoint, though polling multiple shots into the 3rd death. the farthest even went 472 feet. thrilling fans all the way up in the nosebleeds came down to the final few seconds olson needing one more time and see it was long but hoped. >> the foul missed it by that much check out all son's reaction as you saw go foul the things he was robbed padres superstar fernando talk. he's also can't be

. >>> all right, it is mlb all-star week, that means some of baseball's top sluggers kicked off festivitieswith the home run derby. mets star pete alonso was the champion, two straight crowns. faced oriole star mancini returning one year after colon cancer diagnosis. alonso finished with twaechlt 23. winning again is surreal and pleasure he says. >>> italian soccer team landed in rome as euro cup champion. fans creating them. extra special celebration for the a country hard hit by the pandemic. thousands of singing fans. beat england in a penalty shootout yesterday to win first major soccer trophy since 2006 world cup. they are happy. we're back in a moment. >>> finally tonight, meteors lighting up the sky, perseids are back. light streaks in the sky as they burn up. one person who will be watching is you. >> make a venture that fog could get in our way. >> way to bring us down, jeff. >> but like the cooler weather the fog is bringing. >> true. that's it for us. see you tomorrow, bye-bye. [ cheers and applause ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, i

this comes after years of controversy and recent pressure from the mlb.the team is known as the indians since 1915 and the o has been narrowing down a list of potential names for the past year. and made the official announcement via twitter this morning. >>> the gilroy garlic festival is make a comeback this weekend. after the mast shooting in 2019 and lastior's year's covid. >> reporter: you can smell the garlic, meaning the festival is few hours away. it has put on pause for two years, but now it is back. behind the flame is kevin. he's been a pyro chef at the gilroy garlic festival for 23 years. he wanted his chef skills and license plate to do the talking. he is one of many who will be here at the gourmet alley serving you. >> the barbeque guys and pyro guys, they run the joint, and that's what we are all about, you know. festival at christmas hill park with tons of food, vendors and music. this year it's smaller, but the same big garlicky taste. you have to order online, though, and pick up the food drive through style at the gilroy presbyterian chur

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reason part mlb's investigation into the allegations made against trevor bauer. is ongoing. well, no determination in the case has been made. we have made the decision to place mister bauer on seven-day administrative leave effective immediately. look for that to be extended. the same goes on to say that mlb will continue to collect info in our ongoing investigation. concurrent with the pasadena police department. active criminal investigation. we will have no further comment. we will have further comment at the appropriate time. unfortunate news for team usa is we're looking at the olympics coming up, a young rising track star. she carry richardson here is she's just a speed demon and so much to like about her. but she's been suspended from the olympic team for a month after testing positive for thc. she was set to compete in the 100 meter sprint in tokyo next month. but this morning after pthe word came of her suspension. she spoke out apologizing says she takes full responsibility stating she knew what she was not supposed to do. but still made the decision. she did. she

it will be the official crypto trader of the mlb. it's u.s.iliate said this week its average daily volume reached new highs in the first half of the year. daily volume between $150 million and $1 million, making it one of the largest trip to exchanges in the u.s. by volume. and they have -- let's just say a couple of very big celebrity sports and modeling investors. jon: they certainly do. in building any brand, if we are talking about a product or service, there is that good marketing push. there's also the simple things, like ease-of-use, is the technology working for me, can i link my various financial platforms easily? do i trust it? all of this seems to go into this sector which is incredibly complicated around the world given the interest of getting into the market. matt: cybersecurity has to be first among your concerns if you are trading big size in crypto. let's bring in the founder of ftx, sam bankman-fried. let me ask you about competition. given all the issues that jon just mentioned, there are a lot of concerns about choosing an e

. >> picked up in the mlb draft this weekend.e players that we're watching very carefully is cal infielder and northern california native daryn. >> baker. did you say baker that rings a bell curve dusty. i mean, who could got to follow the footsteps of dusty baker. one of the most well respected managers in all of baseball covers sports reporter kylen mills caught up with darren ahead of the draft. >> who could forget this moment at the 2002 world series when giants manager dusty baker son, daron ran onto the field fast forward 19 years and that toddler is now ready to make his second debut in major league baseball. >> you know, i've always said i want to be a baseball player. it's kind of this. what i feel most comfortable you know, kind of a space to just be myself and play. darren baker says despite trying other sports as a kid. his passion has always been baseball. >> he knows he was lucky to have his dad is a resource and have some of his dad's former players like joey votto as mentors, but it wasn't always easy. >> you know

. >> reporter: on tuesday, mlb commissioner rob manfred applied more pressure, saying next tuesday's city council vote over the howard terminal proposal will decide whether the a's stay or leave for good. >> but the a's have to realize that they have to step up as well, more than they may want to in order to get a good compromised deal here. >> we're really down to our last at-bat in oakland. >> reporter: the a's president says there's still some wiggle room. >> to work with the city to ten more years to the non-relocation. >> reporter: the two parties seem to be far apart on affordable housing. they're leaving it up to the city on how they want to spend the money. dan kalb says at that money is actually future tax dollars. >> next tuesday, it's the seventh inning stretch. we just want to keep the ball moving forward, and the a's need to help us do that. >> reporter: in oakland, melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. >>> the best in the world ready to make more history at the upcoming olympics. we catch up with simone biles in san francisco as she got ready to take off for tokyo. hear

. >> someone else told us on instagram as well, if it doesn't get approved mlb is going to move out ofkland. they'll be left with no pro sports teams in oakland and no tax revenue. lastly here, mixed feelings about the specific location. but he'd like that keep the a's in oakland. he says he doesn't care if they play at laney college. he just wants them in oakland. what are you thinking about this? we saw dave kaval. did he have anything else to say about this? >> what they compare it to is the giants. when the giants got a new staid imon the waterfront, it reinvigorated the team in terms of fans going out to the ballpark. the experience of going to a giants game is very different than the a's. you know, their position is clear. it's time for us to be, you know, a high-tech, you know, stadium that can compete with the giants. >> a lot of interesting pointing for sure. >> great to have you with us. >> abbey also has her own show on instagram called "synched in." follow us on instagram, our handle is nbc bay area. >>> a prominent san jose city leader is making a desperate plea. get vacci

. >> reporter: there is pressure from the mlb. rob manford says moving the a is not a bluff. >> reporter: melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. >>> still ahead, wheels up, tokyo bound. teammates taking off in san francisco. tonight here how biles and her family feel about the olympics without fans. >>> another sign things are returning back to normal. what's opening up in the south bay after being closed for more than a year. >>> i am chief meteorologist jeff ranieri, a little bit of a break here in that fog and san francisco, we'll show you how much more returns tomorrow and details on some heat minutes away. i am back in eight minutes. >>> dr. mazi, she claims palettes give full immunity against covid-19, they don't. ag say she sent her patients fake covid-19 vaccine cards. >>> too close to home. the dixie fire burning near the town of paradise exploded across 1200 acres. the dixie fire started off with two acres but over night it spread more than a thousand acres. the flames are burning into plumus county, away from popular area

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coming up next on the kron 4 morning news the mlb all-star game is tonight. kicked off with a home run derby. we'll have a live report from denver about the excitement there and 2 puppies stolen in the east bay and that police on a chase that ended in a crash. we'll have details on that coming up as well. >> and low breaking out across the bay area this morning much as we've been seeing the past couple of mornings too. it's going to stay put at the coast. but you happens inland a little bit cooler in just a sunny beautiful day for in the neighbors. i've got your forecast ahead. >> and i'm not tracking any major hot spots at this hour has your traffic continues to pick up. we have a look at your drive times. we'll have more on that wants to get back to break. >> 5.39 in the east. a couple of puppies were stolen in hayward and that led to a police chase that ended in a crash. but the dogs are ok this morning they were posted for sale online. these pops and the sellers agree to meet a man and south hayward who said he wanted to buy one. but when he showed up, he

i would like to give the mlb that same challenge.ust have the same person, the same name, the same old guy. here's something new, here's something fresh. put that in front of the people and let's move with it. >> i know we've got to keep moving. rena, we will start you when we continue with more with our panel. >>> up next, we'll talk about the lasting impact of the pandemic on the way that we consume entertainment. for instance, how do you feel about going back to the movies? s age before beauty? why not both? visibly diminish wrinkled skin in... crepe corrector lotion... only from gold bond. this may look like a regular movie night. but if you're a kid with diabetes, it's more. it's the simple act of enjoying time with friends, knowing you understand your glucose levels. ♪♪ not all 5g networks are created equal. ♪ ♪ t-mobile america's largest, fastest, most reliable 5g network. age before beauty? why not both? visibly diminish wrinkled skin in... crepe corrector lotion... only from gold bond. >>> it's been a tough week for movie th