>> yeah. >> how did you manage to get with people like lou rawls and bb king. esther phillips? >> at the time, there was a club owned by don barksdale. >> i remember him. >> it was caught called the show i case and there were two clubs. the showcase and sportsman. >> okay. >> and he would say bobby buble in one club and low remarks awls at the other. -- lou rawls at the other. and i got to play with everybody who was big, you know. they called it the chipman circuit. coming from vallejo, i thought i was -- man. heaven. i mean i got to play with and talk with the greatest r&b. >> uh-huh. >> entertainers in the world. i mean it doesn't get better than that eta james, lou rawls, bernie andrews. >> right. >> and charles muscle white? >> yeah. i played on a record with him years ago. and so, it was great for me. >> in the travels, i think i heard you say, that one of the most difficult things about being a musician is the travels. >> yeah. >> you don't miss that? >> no. i liked it, though, to go to bed in my own bed. >> yeah. >> you know. >> and i, at the time i had two kids. i neve

once family run, miken was bought by rawlings, who are partially owned by major league baseball.hat would you say to major league baseball? >> i would probably want to say so that you've got it on tape. >> reporter: schroder is caledonia's mayer. >> i thought they would have more respect for the united states. and small america who supports all their baseball teams. i think going to china is the hardest thing. >> reporter: m.l.b. stresses th. going to china is the batting helmets will still be made in the u.s. stating it does not batting helmets will be still made in the u.s., adding it owns less than 20% of rawlings and does not have a role in the day-to-day business operations. the helmet work are will shift to missouri but most of the 80 jobs in caledonia will be lost to china, saving rawlings at least $4 million a year. >> i just keep thinking what would happen if the commissioner of baseball called up the guy who runs these companies and says, "hey, i don't think we should do this?" >> reporter: minnesota senator tina smith says americans should be outraged. >> we should be

once family run, miken was brought by rawlings which is now owned by major league baseball. >> that's what they're after, the buck. it's not right. moving it to china is just -- they're going to lose a lot of fans. >> mlb says the batting helmets will be made in the u.s. and they don't have a role in the day-to-day business operations. the helmet work will shift to missouri but most of the 80 jobs in caledonia will be moved to china saving rawlings $4 million a year. >> i thought what would happen in the commissioner of baseball called up the guy that runs his companies and say hey, i don't think we should do this. >> at the county fair, uncertainty hung over the thrill roads and pride foods. this family has called caledonia home for decades. >> we're proud of that company. it's sad the new owners won't respect that small town work ethic and that they're just going to move it to china for more money. >> it's not good for the people in this community. with this covid stuff going around, we lost so many businesses. >> miken executives didn't want to talk to us but they're continuing dis

once family run, miken was bought by rawlings, who are partially owned by major league baseball. what would you say to major league baseball? >> i would probably want to say you've got it on tape. >> reporter: schroder is caledonia's mayer. >> i would think they would have more respect for america. going to china is the hardest thing. >> reporter: batting helmets will be still made in the u.s. the helmet work are will shift to missouri but most to have the 80 jobs in caledonia will be lost to china, saving rawlings at least $4 million a year. >> i keep thinking what would happen if the commissioner of baseball called up the guy who runs these companies and says i don't think we should do this? >> reporter: minnesota senator tina smith says americans should be outraged. >> we should be expecting more of "america's pastime" than this kind of "put the dollar first" kind of thinking. >> reporter: one small town's field of dreams risks striking out and turning into an economic nightmare. kris van cleave, cbs news, cal caldonia, minnesota. >> yuccas: that factory could close in less th

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why is rawlings moving out of your district. >> i received a notification from city of caledonia.s, there would be shipping jobs on communist china. senator state senator miller and i got together, put out a press release, asking them to reconsider, we would be happen to help them through some of our economic development programs here in the state of minnesota. then smith saw the press release and jumped on the issue. and we're very supportive of what senator miller and i was trying to do that was get major league baseball to reconsider. so, we -- i was notified on july 8 that 18 to 24 months jobs would be shipped to china. they do already make some bats over there. to be clear, the -- what makes for major league baseball are helmets. they make all of the helmets in caledonia, mississippi that will be moved to missouri, the biggest part of their business is high-end softball bats, college baseball bats that is being moved to china. very disturbing and unfortunate. and i never give up hope. i am still hope nag major league baseball can switch switch their direct shin direction and

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and these types of activities as mike rawlings after my question has two parts -- types of activities that might colleagues have. september 12, september 13, september 14, i did not know if my brother was in the world trade center when it went down. he was not. i was stuck to the television like everyone else. one thing that flashed through my mind, in this country, we have a lot of experience with other countries who face terrorism on a regular basis. israel is one example. they cannot prevent attacks. what makes it possible for us to think that we could prevent attacks, either then or in the future? >> the president does not have the luxury of saying, maybe we cannot do it, so i will not do my job. when a candidate auditions to be president, the audition -- they want everyone to love them. they are with you. they share your pain. it is a love-in. but the job itself is very lonely because the decisions are so tough. the president should not be making an easy decision. government makes easy decisions. a president makes tough decisions. one of the toughest decisions is the job descript