the boston red sox hiring bianca smith as a minor league coach, according to "the boston globe." she's set to become the first african-american woman to coach in mlb history smith played softball at dartmouth, coached at three colleges and interned with the rangers and reds red sox executives called smith's hiring meaningful for the organization >>> 2020 covid, no crowds, scaled back celebrations, yet the show must go on. carson daly is a host who knows how to make a party happen and he's still live from times see every delivery... every yikes... and even every awwwwwwww... wait, where was i? introducing self protection from xfinity. designed to put you in control. with real-time notifications and a week of uninterrupted recording. all powered by reliable, secure wifi from xfinity. gotta respect his determination. it's easy and affordable to get started. get self protection for $10 a month. >>> we're gearing up for the arrival of 2021. normally new york kicks off our countdowns but this is no normal year and the celebrations will be memorable for what they lack. people for one th

the boston red sox hiring bianca smith as a minor league coach, according to "the boston globe."et to become the first african-american woman to coach in mlb history smith played softball at dartmouth, coached at three colleges and interned with the rangers and reds red sox executives called smith's hiring meaningful for the organization >>> 2020 covid, no crowds, scaled back celebrations, yet the show must go on. carson daly is a host who knows how to make a party happen and he's still live from times ♪ ♪ still warm. ♪ thanks, maggie. oh, alice says hi. for some of us, our daily journey is a short one. save 50% when you pay per mile with allstate. pay less when you drive less. you've never been in better hands. allstate. click or call for a quote today. subway is open and serving footlongs contact-free. order in the app for quick and easy pickup. or, get contact-free curbside pickup! staying home? get delivery! so many ways to get footlongs contact-free! subway. eat fresh. >>> we're gearing up for the arrival of 2021. normally new york kicks off our countdowns but this is no nor

the boston red sox hiring bianca smith as a minor league coach, according to "the boston globe."come the first african-american woman to coach in mlb history smith played softball at dartmouth, coached at three colleges and interned with the rangers and reds red sox executives called smith's hiring meaningful for the organization >>> 2020 covid, no crowds, scaled back celebrations, yet the show must go on. carson daly is a host who knows how to make a party happen and he's still live from times square, his 20th year. i can't wait to talk to you about this, carson, on the other side of the break. 5g phones on us when you buy one and get $500 when you switch. plus, select unlimited plans include disney+, hulu, and espn+. 100% obsessed with "the mandalorian." (man) i watch a lot of sports. (woman) it has all my favorite shows. and right now, the gaming the whole family will love is also on us. it's like a gift on top of another gift. gifts keep coming at you. everywhere. this is 5g from america's most reliable network. ♪ may your holidays glow bright and all your dreams take flight.

coming up next the red sox organization making history today hiring the first black woman to coach insional baseball more on her background and what her former colleagues have to say about her major promotion. >>a baseball legend hank aaron received his covid-19 vaccine. this morning, hoping to send a message to african americans at the shots are indeed safe. other civil rights leaders also receiving their first doses of the moderna vaccine at the morehouse school of medicine. among those former un ambassador andrew young and former health and human services secretary louis sullivan. the boston red sox making history today by hiring the first black woman to coach in the history of professional baseball, the amazing bianca smith was hired as coach to one of their minor league game smith is a case western reserve university graduate who also served as director of baseball operations as a graduate student. >>the university's current head coach said smith worked as an unpaid volunteer in the role for 4 years. he still keeps in touch with her and says she will definitely succeed in her new

unity as defined my the red sox and the yankees.er up every time they play each other. and for god's sake, don't push zimmer down on the ground at the age he is. pedro, what are you thinking? you can say we call for unity. the yankees will start to score runs when the game starts and the red sox are going to try to score runs. my god, i want some of these people to grow up. i see what happened between mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer a positive side. banging heads behind closed doors. they came to a resolution. that's going to happen every couple days. and just because they're doing their jobs for their constituents doesn't mean there's not unity in washington, d.c. or doesn't mean at least we aren't moving to a higher level than we have been the past four years. >> he ya. let's hope so. amount of people, particularly in the democratic party, are out for blood after the trump years. they want some pay back on this. . >>er some. >> majority leader schumer won. mitch mcconnell threw in the towel after some of this. was it symbolic in

we've anything could happen one guy could call about the dominicans republican extra i call about the red sox and i was so into all of that that that was probably i mean c.n.n. was great. and i love what i'm doing now but that was the most fun i have but it seems to me correct me if i'm wrong you never really stopped doing radio when you went to t.v. a lot of people i don't want to say sell out but suddenly become and them are dead with the camera and the look at all you would never stop doing that you got it rick . i would go to television right now what we're doing is review with a camera ok toll it is people can see us but you could turn turn that thing off the camera and listen to us so i said to myself. i'm not going to a lot of radio guys didn't do well in television because they reacted to it. you know i reacted to it like a. camera find me. i'm with rick and i'm asking the questions and it's radio with pictures it's all it's every show i've ever done you can just listen to was that your decision because when you went on c.n.n. then i never thought about it was a decision. ted turner l

anything could happen one guy could call about the dominicans a republican extra i call about the red sox and i was so into all of that. that that was probably i mean c.n.n. was great. and i love what i'm doing now. but that was the most fun i have but it seems to me correct me if i'm wrong you never really stopped doing radio when you went to t.v. a lot of people i don't want to say sell out but suddenly become an armored with the camera and the look at all you would never stop doing that you got it rick taste. i regard it television right now what we're doing is radio with a camera. ok toll it is people can see us but you could turn turn that thing off the camera and listen to us so i said to myself. i'm not going to a lot of radio guys didn't do well in television because they reacted to it. you know i reacted to it like a. camera find me. i'm with rick asking me questions and it's radio with pictures it's all it's every show i've ever done you can just listen to was that your decision because when you went on c.n.n. then i never thought about it was a decision. ted turner like me he h

looked up some of the 2021 schedules for baseball teams i followed and i noticed that my beloved red sox are scheduled to open up on the road in baltimore then a week later vice versa the orioles and boston likewise a week after the cubs open the season in pittsburgh pirates to opening day at wrigley field and the cubs and brewers visit each other back to back see what's happening here it's not quite the bubble that the n.b.a. went into in orlando when the n.h.l. went into edmonton and toronto but these baseball teams are hoping to begin their season the way dr felt she and others have told us how to socialize in close contact with those few people as possible how will professional sports and beer may and then all the other folks who sell us the peanuts and crackerjacks make out in the new year let's ask our team america steve crist stock o's who himself is not in sports h.q. but is quarantined at home steve. in normal times the major leagues 6 months schedule enables players to limp home and rest up for 6 months but include in their 2 pandemic pauses the national basketball association

like any other fall country there are frost there are now seeking to get silly enough while years red sox nation goes very well liked and new people have already talked to make it so it seems like there's a huge gap between what is fairly serious offense at receiving the situation and priority groups like chronic medical teams in the police in their care because they're not they can lack of access i don't agree with you the minister i think it is the instance ability of you said niggly ethically and also from the interest of the parents. and the biggest global picture a sobering story to leave you with almost every country in the world is likely to see the biggest increase in inequality for a century that's a stark assessment of the effects of the pandemic old wealth of international also says it is the most at risk 7 who stand to be the worst affected. they make 10 billionaires made half a trillion dollars in that period which would be enough to prevent anybody across the world from being pushed into poverty and would be enough also to pay for a vaccine for everyone at the other end of t

there's a new windows box boy don't you think that it'll sort of the red. sox will be the 2nd. you know one very interesting. one of the things i noticed when i was looking in the matchmaking as a as a piece of t.v. was a lot of similarities came out about what was needed from the man and what was needed from the woman what does that tell us about where we are right now in indian society and the. i mean it's still a long way to go right and mean as shown in the estimate the escutcheon suitable to go there is a very different kinds of expectations from men and women would like to things maybe is right that we'd like to think that recitals it will ring in that say in that way where they would be some kind of equality as it were but there is no 2 ways about it that when it comes to figuring out the criteria for a suitable dried it begins with a set of physical characteristics fresca install pretty hair length so on so forth and then moves to value systems so you often find in newspapers newspaper advertisement as well as an action on your websites this stone more than yet traditio

it comes just over 60 years after the red sox became the final major league team to integrate.er historic hire, an interview you're seeing first on "cbs this morning." dana, good morning to you. tell me everything. >> good morning. there's a lot to tell, tony. bionica smith's love of the game dates back to when she was just a little girl. her mother introduced her to it and some of her earliest memories are watching the world series with her father. despite that passion, she obviously never saw anyone who looked like her on the field. now all she has to do is look in the mirror. >> people think, you know, it's just because i'm a woman. well, then i'll just go out and prove them wrong. >> proving people wrong may as well be bianca smith's catch phrase. her path into one of sport's most exclusive clubs was paved with anything but gold. >> i love the idea that we ask representation matters. but there's also the idea that just because you don't see it doesn't mean you can't do it, because somebody has to be the first. phappen. it's never going to >> reporter: smith grew up playing

. >> boston red sox made a historic hire. a minor league hitting coach.first black women to hold a coaching position in professional baseball. she was director of baseball operations at case western. she broke into the majors as an intern in the front office. the texas rangers. and reds. just last season the giants made the first full-time female coach in history. they both earn their place in the majors. >> that'll do it for us. have a great evening. research shows people remember commercials with nostalgia. so to help you remember that liberty mutual customizes your home insurance, here's one that'll really take you back. wow! what'd you get, ryan? it's customized home insurance from liberty mutual! what does it do bud? it customizes our home insurance so we only pay for what we need! and what did you get, mike? i got a bike. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ not because i didn't want it. i worried it was to expensive, and i was having a hard time paying our other bills. but now, for the first time in our lives. i can d

so it's a good thing my grandfather was dominic giacappa so i know about red sox.icken parmesan, spaghetti, always ice cream, you knowthat about joe . and so that it's like you said. it's sort of flexatarian so i tried to get vegetables inasmuch as i can. even though he likes to have pasta i like red sauce and textiles or i just stools. i just love to eat asparagus broccoli and cauliflower and just all the things that you write about in your so now joe, i have to ask all the people in my family whether they're going to eat maybe one of tracy's vegetarian meals, what do you think? >> i have to say it's been such a pleasure talking to you and i love this book so much and i feel like i've really gotten to know you having read your book. >> thank you for doing this. >> thank you. [applause] [applause] please would you all remain seated while our guest leavesthe sanctuary, i would appreciate it . [inaudible] [applause] >> book tv on c-span2, created by america's cable television companies. we are brought to you by the television companies to provide book tv viewers as a

finally, bianca smith will be the first black woman to coach in professional baseball after the boston red soxhe'd be joining their minor league team. smith spoke to mlb network about her new role. >> the opportunity is amazing. i'm still wrapping my head around it. it probably won't sink in until i'm actually there. i think it's a great opportunity also to just kind of inspire other women who are interested in this game. this is not really something i thought about when i was younger, and i kind of fell into it being an athlete. so, i'm excited to get that chance to show what i can do. >> well, that's awesome. congratulations to her. play ball. >>> still ahead here, what dr. anthony fauci is saying about a time line for when the united states might start getting back to normal as vaccinations continue. we'll be back in just a moment. powerful relief so you can restore and recover. theraflu hot beats cold. you're not using too much are you hon? nope... charmin ultra soft is so soft you'll have to remind your family they can use less. charmin ultra soft is twice as absorbent so you can use less

instagram, gamestop was topic number one we have covered it since last week, follow me on tiktok at red sox liz, you get the early picture of it there. fed chair jerome powell is about 20 minutes into his first news conference of 2021 after the federal reserve left rates unchanged, no surprise but he said this is what he said has been fueling the rise in asset prices. listen. >> look what's driving asset prices in the last couple of months it is that monetary policy is been expectation about the vaccine and also fiscal policy. those are the news items that have been driving asset values. liz: reddit room was not mentioned, jerome powell said and he just finished the news conference, the connection between low interest rates and asset valuations are not as tight as people think. let's bring in luke tilly the chief economist at wilmington trust with the philly fed and steve the chief investment officer for federated hermes. let's go to that, is he almost saying, everybody is saying that low low interest rates are really inflating the trading in the asset bubble, is he trying to say no were no

when i was an economics major in college, my ambition changed from being a member of the boston red soxadvisers, as soon as i learned of its existence. it just sounded so cool. so, anyway, congratulations on that. >> i agree with you. >> let me go to the $600 question, which is president-elect biden is proposing what will be a $2,000 payment to individuals. is that $1,400 in addition to the $600 that just went out, bringing it to a total of $2,000, or is it a new $2,000 or is it a new 2,000 on top of the $600? >> it is the former. $14,000, add in the $600, and you don't have to be an economist to do that arithmetic. that gets you to 2,000. if i could say a couple of words about the plan, lawrence. it's been a long day, but i'm really glad to be ending it with you because you and i have been talking about this sort of thing for a long time. this is just such a critically important moment to aggressively and efficiently attack the dual challenges that have plagued this country for far too long. of course i'm talking about the pandemic and the economic crisis that it has engendered. this p

it was most painful when he with worked in boston it was having to get excited for those red sox allrs, i tell you what. that was tougher >> you had to pretend up there because if you didn't, well, we know what happens up there francis, thank you very much >> sure thing. >>> still on deck, the latest on the growing calls in washington to remove president trump from office eamon javers with the latest on where that stands until just days before president-elect biden is sworn in. i'm made to move. but these days, i'm not getting out as much as i'd like to. that's why i take osteo bi-flex. it helps with occasional joint stiffness, while it nourishes and strengthens my joints for the long term. osteo bi-flex. because i'm made to move. ♪and if we win, we get to tell you how liberty mutual customizes car insurance so you only pay for what you need. isn't that what you just did? service! ♪ stand back, i'm gonna show ya ♪ ♪ how doug and limu roll, ya ♪ ♪ you know you got to live it ♪ ♪ if you wanna wi... [ music stops ] time out! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liber

venezuela and i thought i was watching him while their country was just isn't what we spent here boston red sox made history this week by hiring the 1st black woman coach in professional baseball and smith joins them as a minor league pitching coach and says she's hoping her new job will encourage greater representation of minorities in the game i mean some of the comments i've actually gotten about whether or not being able to coach is actually what drives me to work even harder or i hope just starting with representation and just seeing on even if being a woman just seeing an african-american on the curriculum adding more of us will encourage younger athletes to actually get into the game. cavan browns head coach kevin stefanski says he doesn't know how he contract at copa 19 but he's not going to let the virus stop him from getting his team ready for the playoffs the browns are into the postseason for the 1st time in 18 years as defense will be missing alongside some of his players when they face the pittsburgh steelers on monday i'm good i'll be fine but really my concern is for players for

. >> so, are the red sox in the game this year? >> not quite. >> oh, man. here we go.bruins. >>> coming up on "good morning america," the only truly safe vacation these days is one at home. how to make it happen in our "weekend download." "weekend download." or psoriatic arthritis, little things, can become your big moment. ...it's a pill that treats differently. that's for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable... ...with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. for psoriatic arthritis, ...otezla is proven.... to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. it may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. otezla is associated with an... increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts.... ...or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your weight and may stop treatment. upper respiratory tract infection and heada

then you essentially could put "yankees" or "red sox." scott: like a cocktail table?le? lemonis: well, or a stool. what does one of these cost? jerry: $8, delivered to his door. lemonis: each baseball bat costs $8 in raw materials and another $4 each to actually turn them. that's $48 for the four legs. and add another $20 for the top. that's a total of $68. a licensed, handcrafted, customized stool like this could sell for as much as $200. that's over 100% margin. ben: yeah, you could make a bedroom set for a little kid. i mean, you can do a whole line like that. lemonis: ben is just so much more open to new ideas and looking to the future. i wonder, if he actually had scott's full support, what the future may hold. these are good people. ben: mm-hmm, yeah. lemonis: and they've put a lot on the line for you guys. ben: this is where it all starts. lemonis: do you think your dad's willing to change? ben: yeah, at this point, it's a massive amount of stress that's been going on for too long. sometimes i just don't know what to do. lemonis: did you know this? scott: lot o

it's not like it's a super generous thing, but, don, the biggest news we're seeing -- we know these red sox going to die. we know what the outcome is going to be. you know joe biden is going to be inaugurated january 20th. but the fact that republicans who were dead set on objecting off what they went through, after what everybody in the capitol went through -- >> there we go. >> the objection is not sustained. the secretary will notify the house of the action of the senate informing that body that the senate is now ready to proceed to joint session with further counting of the electoral vote for president and vice president. majority leader? >> mr. president, so colleagues, here's where we are. we have a few more speakers now as we wait for the house to finish their debate and vote. expect the house to finish voting on arizona between 11:30 and midnight. i ask you now, the following senators to speak for five minutes each, senator toomey, senator rubio, senator collins. >> and on our side, senators wyden and kunz. >> maybe not. >> no. >> we'll figure it out. >> senate will be in a period o

. >> to our favorite buffalo bill phan, red sox fan, i cannot believe i just combine those phrases into that shows how much you love i have for you tom perez, thank you for being our chairman, my friends, my brother. >> i was just so lucky to know you and to love you and. >> i am super proud of you and i camehe to this country over the last four years and can't wait to see you soon. >> hi we are so proud of you and we are so glad it's over, we are so excited to see would you do next and were excited for a little break. i hope you do. thank you for thinking of us dad. >> hi tom, it's me, your favorite sister and your only sister. many of you mayst not know is three weeks after the election in 2016, my daughter had suddenly passed away. and i called you and you came that night and stayed for the next week. you stayed with me and my family f in boston and all of the family came together, but you lettuce and helped me, you really really helped me through a dark time. it's not just a quality of her cheerleader, but of a compassionate person, uncle, friends, and brother. >> soap do people kno

. >> to my favorite buffalo bill fans and red sox fan, and i can't believe i combined those into one and thank you for being our chairman, my friend and my brother. >> hi, it's me, and i feel so lucky to know you and to love you and to-- >> i'm super proud of all you've done for the country over the last four years and can't wait to see you soon. >> hi, dad. we are so proud of you and we are so glad it's over. we are excited to see what you do next and take a little break. i hope you do. thank you for being the best dad we could ask for. >> hi, tom, it's me, your favorite sister, your only sister. what many of you may not know is that three weeks after the election in 2016 my daughter suddenly passed away and i called you and you came that night and stayed for the next week with me and my family in boston and all the family came together, but you, you led us and you led me especially doing really, really dark time. it's not just the qualities of a true leader, but a compassionate person, uncle, friend and brother. >> few people know how hard your job is. i do, and i saw you perform i

the deal would have combined the red sox's parent group and -- the moneyball is cochairman of red ballen prepared. those are the first word headlines. haslinda: now to the record rise of what many are calling cult stops. gamestop, a video game retailers that struggle to make a profit, sword in the latest session. one trader made just about $50,000 into $11 million. there are a group of stocks that have doubled or tripled since the start of the year. let's bring in su keenan with more on this. this has a lot to do with date traders and a platform called reddit stocks, but many investors don't get it. reporter: absolutely. you remember back last year when bankrupt companies like sears were skyrocketing because of the day traders? it is that on steroids. gamestop is a struggling retailer, but in the last three days, it is up 300% year to date. and then later it was up as much as 145 percent and triggered nine trading holes but fell below, leaving many people, some a lot wealthier. what you have is reddit pushing a group of rocketship stocks. take a look. they include not only gamestop but

look at those red sox and birks. >> i love those wobbly legs.ive with me, myself and i because i live with me. i got to leave my house and go to the sant raw barbara bureau or oprah's guesthouse every morning 1:00 in the morning california time. doing breaks in the broadcast. with the time change, it was very hard. >> up at what time in the morning? >> 1:00. we had to find ways to entertain ourselves overnight. i remember doing conga lines. we were working very hard. >> what was that move there? >> a conga line. for extra fun, we would coordinate the pillows on the couch that nobody noticed but us. doing my hair and make up. just a little game we played with ourself. >> looks really good on tape. >> one of our favorite moments of new year's day was introducing you to our entire team on cbs this morning. ♪ ♪ digital transformation has failed to take off. because it hasn't removed the endless mundane work we all hate. ♪ ♪ automation can solve that by taking on repetitive tasks for us. unleash your potential. uipath. reboot work. ♪ >>> our staff re

smith will head to the boston red sox to coach their minor league team.elf, playing softball, at dartmouth college she graduated in 2012. congratulations to bianca. >>> and finally, 2020 let us as a nation to take up some new hobbies. learning to bake bread. sourdough becoming all the rage. renewing our love for doing puzzles and one sport in particular is booming in the wake of the pandemic. the national golf foundation reporting that since june over 50 million rounds of golf have been played. the industry also hitting a hole in one with an all-time high in sales of golf equipment. we have proof of the phenomenon even in our own "gma" family. golf is a great way to get out there and get some exercise. yes, there is the shot. >> nice. >> there it is. >> look at that smile. >> michael strahan, how's the game? >> oh, the game is -- i'm laughing because i'm laughing at my own game. it's not that good. >> that looked like a smile. >> i have fun. i love it. you're outside, fresh air and i played with george and you missed the pictures of him. i'll have to take

and the boston red sox making history in the off ow season. bianca smith as a minor league coach, making her the first black woman to coach minor league baseball. she will work with position players at the team's facility in fort myers, florida. and those are some of your headlines. back over to you. dagen: it's pretty cool. thank you, cheryl. georgia on the nation's mind. democrats gaining a seat in the senate as fox news calls one of the two senate runoff races, raphael warnock defeating incumbent senator kel kelly loeffler. the second race still too close to call with democrat john ossoff maintaining a narrow lead over republican incumbent david perdue. if ossoff wins, democrats will have a majority in the senate, if you include the tie-breaking vote of kamala harris. joining me now, north dakota senator, senate armed services and budget committee member, kevin kramer. senator, a pleasure to see you this morning. a happy new year. what do you make of what we know so far coming out of georgia? >> well, obviously why not. i mean, why not come

. >> the yankees is something on the red sox fan i don't know what's happening. >> keep it. >> thanksn't that cool that was barstools leading the cafÉ in new york city letting him know that they made it into getting money from the barstool fund. the coup is here just the mcmanus owner of the cafÉ. first of all, congratulations and did you find out when he called you on that video? is that how you found out? >> yes that is wrong and true. i'm glad i picked up a random facetime from a boston number i did not have in my phone but it was all pretty quick, and change the application process on the barstool fund but it was really we applied and put it in late sunday night, maybe one or two in the morning and i got the call 5:00 p.m. that same day. it was really, really fast and incredible. stuart: how much are you going to get from the fund and is it enough to save your cafÉ? >> that i don't know for sure yet, i know that they said were here for you and we have you covered and knock on wood i'm hoping that is the case, i think a lot of great things about this fund compared to a traditional

>> i was going to say, i may not be a red sox physician, but i like them better.ive actions, with what the administration can do. but you can go a lot further with actual legislation. it does seem as though mitch mcconnell came out over the last four years and said, yes, climate change is real, it's caused by humans. there seems to be a willingness or interest among congress, those who were previously reluctant because they can get money for green jobs to their districts, their states. what do you think you can actually accomplish with this congress on climate change? >> we think we can accomplish a lot with the executive authorities that we have and with the money that the federal government spends. this is about reducing subsidies to the fossil fuel companies and starting to really invest our public resources. the billions that are given to the agencies to establish an opportunity to really invest money wisely. so that we're procuring the kind of products we're asking the private sector to procure. that triggers the market and a lot of opportunities for private

which is like saying i'm going to run the boston red sox next year.ublicans would be smarter than this. but listen to what i just said. republicans were so stupid that they lost both senate seats in georgia. they couldn't help themselves. >> yeah. gene robinson is with us. to donnie's point, i would say i don't see a lot of equivalence between aoc and mtg. but to give her a quick name that everybody turns to. look, i'm at a loss as to how this woman is still in the party and sitting in congress with the way she behaves. this is trump-like. in any other business or industry or local government, she would be kicked out, thrown out the door, possibly thrown in jail. >> absolutely. she is a security threat to the u.s. capitol and to -- not just the members of congress she works with, by the way. but those thousands of staffers who work on capitol hill in and around the capitol every day. imagine how they must feel with mtg and other radical republicans. carrying weapons onto the floor of the house and carrying weapons elsewhere in the complex. listen to t

liverpool owned by americans red sox owners john henry and tom, magnificent, trying to defend the titlenvincible. they have so many injuries. but mentally they are what you call mentality monitors. they keep finding a way to grind out results. they play south marampton 3:00 today on nbc season and it's going to go down to the wire. >> fear not. everton is going to finish as strong as secretariat going down the homestretch of the belmont in '73. you just wait and see. >> from your mouth to god's ears, it's gorgeous to see you, america. courage. >> courage, my friend. roger bennett, thank you so much. and now for something completely different, as they say on monty pyton. john heilemann is with us. john, you froze up on us. finish your thoughts. >> i was just saying that i thought we have known all along that donald trump does not care about the future of the republican party. he does not care about where this party goes and it's amazing to me schso many republicans don't see it. he is going to go down to georgia tonight. this is, you know, the supposedly going to be the big finish or dav

. >> in 1919, the sox again capture the american league pennant and are favored to beat the cincinnati redss. but many players feel comiskey is cheating them of their bonuses. the friction creates an opportunity for a new york gangster named arnold rothstein, who runs a sports-betting racket. >> arnold rothstein got to some of the players of the chicago white sox and gave them a little bit of money under the table to supposedly throw the series. >> when the sox lose the series 5 games to 3, rothstein makes a bundle. the "black sox" scandal erupts. a grand jury indicts shoeless joe and seven other players for conspiracy. >> several of those teammates confessed that they were part of fixing the series and implicated joe jackson. >> testimony of pitcher edward cicotte is said to have been most incriminating evidence. >> prompted by comiskey's lawyer, jackson admits taking $5,000 from teammate lefty williams, but he denies throwing the series. outside the courtroom, a young sox fan supposedly confronts his hero. "say it ain't so, joe!" he says. but was it so? why would a player like shoeless jo