he wrote an editorial against rob manfred and the decision that he made here.t he had to say. >> martha: what did you think about that and the significance of this office holder calling out the guy that took over after him? >> bravo. beautiful words by the former commissioner of major league baseball, fay vincent. there was a time -- doesn't feel that long ago, martha, sports was a refuge. away from our divided nature, our divided political system. in 2021, there's no more refuges in our society or culture. where can you go to escape politicization. major league has demonstrated that. this is all about one particular ideology. baseball has been weaponized. >> martha: one of the things that fay vincent points out is he doesn't believe that rob manfred read the bill. that he understands what is in here. that's a pretty heavy charge. when you're in charge of something like major league baseball and you speak out on it, it's good to know what is in the bill. >> rob manfred dropped his spine on the ground at the fear of being called a racist. rob manfred lost his co

rob manfred is a member of augusta national. senator rubio called him out on that.ave your membership. he's been quiet with that. you said corporate cowardess is worse than ever. people start running scared. >> yeah, well, it's all about their brands. they invest hundreds of millions in developing these brands. then again, if they get attacked on social media -- and the left understands this. they can generate several hundred tweets or instagram posts to attack one of these companies. the ceo thinks his brand is about to be destroyed, so they roll over, forgetting the fact that they have millions of millions of customers that do not agree with this wokeness and they're getting sick and tired of it. a lot of the leadership lives in a world of social media. you mentioned lebron james. lebron james lives in los angeles. al sharpton lives in new york. they have done damage to the people of atlanta. it's because their world is confined to things like social media, not the real world that atlantans live in. >> martha: we've seen the impact on football and we've seen the i

by buy rob manfred peanuts and cracker jacks. he doesn't care in the uighurs never come back. where uighur muslims make up 90% of the population, the birth rate since 2017 has fallen over 60%. 60% drop. gee, almost makes you think something wacky must be going on there. have they been afflicted by the south african variant of covid or some such nightmare? makes no difference to the hollow men of american baseball. i can just about live with the unworthy custodians of the past time being mere advancement. what i can't stand is the phony moralizing of these guys. if you bought tickets and go to the box office to collect them, you're required to show picture i.d. or you don't get them. why? major league baseball tickets are a thing of value. plenty of frauds that might like to get your tickets. picture i.d. helps prevent that. who would have thought it? in a healthy society, a vote is a thing of value. like-wise plenty of frauds that would like to muscle in on that. picture i.d. would help prevent that, too. but to the posers of major league baseball, that is different. picture i

that kind of is why from what i understand rob manfred moved the game out.ms and a lot of others to basically attack the georgia law, to embrace voting rights, people in the commissioner's office believed that one of the commissions was supporting hr1, they would push him for that. instead of having a game, an all-star game that was supposed to celebrate hank aaron who passed away a few months ago, to celebrate america coming back after the pandemic with fans in the stadium, it would have turned into a political circus they felt and why they moved out. it is kind of duplicitous that stacey abrams is saying she wanted them to stay. yeah, she wanted them to stay to further her goals and take sides in the debate over the georgia voting law. they didn't want to do this. she did get some stuff out of them. if you look at manfred's comments in saying he was leaving atlanta for denver. he did talk about and take a shot at the voting rights law but he believed and mlb believed they would get sucked into this huge debate that baseball doesn't want to get involved in.

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 actually hurt the local economy where 30% of businesses are black-owned. over half of the population in atlanta is black. the revenue loss from the all-star game going away could total more than $100 million in lost tourism revenue to the area according to one official. but when you're looking at the voting laws, the reason why mlb moved the game out of georgia to colorado, when you compare the two states, colorado has fewer days of early voting than georgia. 15 days to georgia's 17. both states require a valid i.d. to vote by mail and in person. they also both allow no excuse vote by mail. but politicians on the local level in georgia could be having the biggest impact on businesses that are choosing to take a political pos

but it's fascinating how this came down the pipe with rob manfred announcing the all-star game wouldague baseball sources. these are people very much in the know, very close to owners, and here's what they're telling me, that the owners themselves were blind sieppedded at least by the timing of this move -- blindsided. this was a move that was done not by a vote of the owners but by, basically, manfred and a few close associates. the entire ownership class was not broadly consulted about the timing of this move. now, of course, they knew he was negotiating, he was actually talking with democratic party officials, democratic political operatives before he made that decision. that's key here as well. so this is clearly something that they knew was going on behind the scenes. but the timing of it was, you know, blew a lot of people out of the water. they had no idea this thing was going to happen when manfred, from what i understand, when manfred announced it. and the other thing was that he was speaking with various democratic political operatives, from what i hear, before making that

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and today mlb commissioner rob manfred said this, quote, major league baseball, fundamentally supportsrights for all americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box. so the league said it's working on finalizing details for a new location for the game and the 2021 mlb draft as well, which will also be relocated for what it's worth to steen grant gavin newsome did tweet today. hey, mlb, give us a call. so maybe we'll get one here in the bay area. it's already 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

. >> reporter: baseball commissioner rob manfred cited a new election law kemp signed last month sayingt is designed to suppress turnout and limit minority ballot access the general assembly more power despite president trump's baseless claim of widespread voter fraud, georgia officials said at the time it was free and fair. >> he said there were no issues and others charged say there were no issues, so why then are you changing the rules. >> reporter: delta and coca-cola have announced their opposition to the law. >> i am certainly disappointed major league baseball has decided to pull the all-star league from cobb county, georgia, but i understand. >> reporter: the voters backers says it expands voter access and some laws in democratic led states. >> in new york you have to have an excuse to vote by absentee. in georgia, you can vote absentee for any reason. >> reporter: it's not the first time a pro sports league flexed its political and financial influence. the nba moved its all-star game from north carolina in 2017 after they passed a controversial warm gender law. >>> hoping colle

. >> john: stacey abrams playing a major role in rob manfred's decision to move the all-star game outatlanta. the issue on full display ahead of the masters tournament in a gusto where the chairman and even some of the golfers have offered their views on the new voting law. steve harrigan live in atlanta, what is everybody saying, steve? >> a different strategy and mood there at the four-day tournament beginning this morning. major league baseball commissioner pulling the all-star game out of georgia due to what he says were restrictions on the ballot box from georgia's new voting law. a very different scene in a gusto where they decided to stay put and go forward. delete elder, 86-year-old first african-american to play in the masters was an honorary starter this morning. the strategy in agusta seems to be to stay put and build, not to simply walk away. here's the chairman. >> there have been calls for boycotts and other punitive measures. unfortunately, those actions often impose the greatest burdens on the most vulnerable in our society. and in this case, that includes our friends

m l b commissioner rob manfred said major league baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box we proudly use our platform to encourage baseball fans and communities throughout our country as he says to perform their civic duty and actively participate in the voting process for access he says to vote in continue to have our games on wavering support while this move is put pressure on arguably georgia's most famous sporting event the masters golf tournament which starts on thursday when civil rights group wants governing body to cancel the event and is calling on players to boycott it until the voting law is repealed earlier we did speak to a sports broadcaster michael colson. if the masters were the face of white kind it would have to come from the players themselves the augusta national golf club isn't going to move to another venue the 1st black player didn't play in the masters to 176 that was lee elder and the augusta national golf club didn't have any black members until 992 and under pressure from the professional golfe

major league baseball commissioner rob manfred said in a statement yesterday that“ the best way to demonstrateur values as a sport is by relocating this year's all-star game and m.l.b. draft,” and that the league “fundamentally supports voting rights for all americans, and opposes restrictions to the ballot box." kemp said the bill is being mischaracterized, and today he claimed it “expanded voting,” with more in-person voting days added on weekends. >> we will not be intimidated. major league baseball, coca cola, and delta may scared of joe bidstacey abrams, and the left, but i am not, and we are not. ( cheers and applause ) >> sreenivasan: georgia's republican-majority state legislature voted to overhaul the state's election law last week. critics argue the new law is an attempt to suppress democratic votes by imposing restrictions on mail-in ballots, adding identification requirements, and adding more state control over how elections are run. major corporations based in georgia, including coca-cola and delta airlines, called the new law “unacceptable,” but took no actions. in florida, an or

baseball commissioner rob manfred announcing the league will move this summer's 2021 all-star game pulling of the peach state, a direct response to georgia's new voting law which critics say restrict access to the ballot, especially for black voters. in a statement the commissioner calls the decision the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport adding the league fundamentally supports voting rights for all americans and opposed restrictions to the ballot box. the move hailed by some as a home run including former president obama and partial red sox owner and nba superstar lebron james who tweeted proud to call myself part of the mlb family, but republicans who say the law makes elections more secure are defiant. >> it means cancel culture and partisan activists are coming for your business. they are coming for your game or event in your hometown. >> reporter: former president trump calling for a boy cat of the league. the atlanta braves saying the team is deeply disappointed adding this was neither our decision nor our recommendation. across social media mixed reaction. one wright i w

commissioner rob manfred says baseball supports voting rights for all americans. in a statement, georgia governor brian kemp said baseball "caved to fear, political opportunism and liberal lies." there are disturbing new allegations tonight against florida republican congressman matt gaetz as he faces a federal sex trafficking investigation. we get details now from cbs' major garrett. >> reporter: the investigation into matt gaetz, a staunch ally of former president trump, is growing tonight, now involving several offices of the justice department, a top aide to the congressman resigning as the scandal widens. at issue is gaetz's relationship with a 17-year-old girl. gaetz could face federal charges if he traveled across state lines or provided anything of value-- airline tickets, meals hotel rooms-- in exchange for sex with her, something he has denied. >> it is a horrible allegation and it is a lie. >> reporter: gaetz could also face state charges of prostitution. "the new york times" reported obtaining receipts suggesting gaetz and an associate joel greenberg p

do they stand for the ted poe values rob manfred says they stand for?ve and turn a mess of evolving courses involve and thankfully the masters will be played at augusta. over 200 businesses condemned the rule. delta folded after initially going forward. what's unbelievable. >> sandra: united spoke out against it. >> coke condemns it. so you're coming out for h.r. 1. you want to go against the constitution and federalize the elections and you have to take our marching orders from corporations who are taking it from activist groups rather than taking a stand. you're going to say someone like jack welch would've caved like this when he was running g.e.? what about, what about the ceos that stood for something and understood you can get involved in this play-by-play of every single political issue. next is texas. texas is tightening up laws not excluding people. so they pulled the astros out of texas? why don't you just ask the braves to leave since georgia is not worthy of the all-star game? it's going to cost the local economy $100 million. think about th

remember with rob manfred he had president biden teeing him up. that put a lot of pressure on him. neil: a lot of pressure. well-put, my friend, thank you very much. charlie gasparino, following all of those developments. the big story of the day right now seems to be johnson & johnson and its vaccine, a pause, something close to 7 million doses administered in this country because of six blood clot related developments not tied to it. the pause is on. we'll see for how long. to charles payne right now. hey, charles. charles: good seeing you, neil, my friend. i'm charles payne. this is "making money." breaking now the s&p 500 back at a record high despite the biggest scrum in inflation in nine years. the question, is this temporary or not. we're less than 24 hours for the most exciting ipo in years. coinbase how much will investors chase the stock. we'll discuss. our market

other thing too, gop senator marco rubio sent a letter to the major league baseball commissioner rob manfreding are you going to drop your man enter membership of the exclusive only golf club in georgia are you going to stop grow in time communist chinain and cuba major human rights violators, really blasting the mlb over this. >> i think neither of them will be commissioner is going to back away, those memberships in the agusta club are worth their weight in platinum and diamond and gold altogether he will not give that up. in regard to china, this is a serious issue but major league sports are so deep into the communist chinese pocketbook that there is no way that they will back down. the only way that we in america can have an impact on this is throughhe the laws perhaps to me the laws in this country mess amenable to all the perks that major league sports get in for americans to vote with their wallets because that's exactly what the chinese are doing. okay, babar, thank you for joining us, it's great to see you, come>> back soon. let's bring in georgia state senator butch miller. we hav

. >> mlb commissioner rob manfred says their values of a sport by relocating the all-star game but justek that would league signed a bill that the communist party backed company in chinese dropped nba games back in 2019 after the houston rockets general manager showed his support for democratic activist protesting against beijing crackdown in hong kong. marco rubio tweeted in part mlb's pressure and move draft and all-star game out of georgia on the same week they announced a deal with the company backed by the suicidal commonest party of china. republicans say the election rules are fair and help improve voter, confidence will democrats call them voter suppression laws, major comedies had courted in georgia including coca-cola and delta condemn a new law would laws a boarding pass, the election rules unacceptable and don't match with the comedy values. this by the controversy people on both sides of the aisle agree that pulling the all-star game out of will cost the tourism industry millions. >> it is devastating, is devastating to businesses might included in this seems very unnecessa

. >> mlb commissioner rob manfred said there demonstrating their values by relocating all-star game butust this week the league signed a bill with the communist party tech company in the chinese tech firm dropped nba games back in 2019 after the former houston rockets general manager showed his support for democratic activists protesting against beijing crackdown in hong kong. here is radio host erickson on "fox & friends". >> now mandatory weakens thanks to this law but their happy doing business in places like china that persecutes people. >> republicans st. george's new election roles are fair and help improve voter confidence will democrats called voter suppression laws. the major companies headquartered in georgia including coca-cola and delta condemned the new laws but after they were already past. they called the election roles unacceptable and said they don't match with their comedies values. despite the controversy, people on both sides of the aisle agree that pulling the all-star game out of atlanta will cost the city tourism industry millions. >> it is devastating it is devas

mlb commissioner rob manfred said major league baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for allcans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box. the l.a. dodgers manager, one of two black managers in the league, agrees. >> i support it. i'm not completely versed on everything, but i do understand, and my takeaway from the bill was essentially to suppress voting for colored people, people of color. and with that, that's something i fundamentally, intrinsically disagree with. >> republican governor brian kemp, who signed the law, is ripping the decision, saying the league, quote, caved to fear, political opportunism and liberal lies. meanwhile the atlanta braves say they are, quote, deeply disappointed, adding this was neither our decision nor our recommendation, adding it had hoped our city could use this event as a platform to enhance the discussion. now, there's no word yet on where the all-star game will now be held. >>> more than 100 million people in the u.s. have now received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. that number is from the cdc, and it comes 109 days aft

mlb commissioner rob manfred says this. major league baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all americans. opposes restrictions to the ballot box. think about this for a moment. he made that statement shortly before he signed a brand new deal with a huge chinese tech company. you might remember this. they were one of the many chinese companies that dumped the nba for a while because then houston rockets g.m. darrell maury had the gal to tweet support for those fighting for democrat sick in hong kong. he was scolded by lebron james and the rocket's owner because he upset the sensitive leadership in china with whom they do business. now the mlb has a deal with that technology company in china. there's so many inconsistencies here as this game moves from very diverse atlanta to mostly white colorado where the voting window in colorado is actually smaller for voters than it is now under the new law in georgia. let's bring in byron york from "the washington examiner" and a fox news contributor. you can go on all after

league baseball should pull their all-star game out of atlanta and that's exactly what that cowardly rob manfred did. as you pointed out, in many ways georgia laws are more accessible, more friendly and more convenient to voters than colorado's loss and you can play this game all around the country because we have 50 different election law systems. that's fine, it's the way the founding fathers designed a parable we shouldn't have is the president of the united states lying, using racist inflammatory language about the georgia law or major corporations taking sides in a heated political dispute especially when they don't have the basic facts at hand. >> brian: stacey abrams panic. i don't want you to boycott. i just called it jim crow 2.0 but i don't want you to boycott and this morning i was on with the ceo, 1800 hotel reservations canceled. this is a city that's 51% black. denver is 9% black. who are you trying to help and who are you trying to hurt? jen psaki talked about the boycott today in her meetings with the press. let's listen. >> this is much bigger than georgia. georgia was one of th

rob manfred, the commissioner of major league baseball, to turn baseball into a blue sport, it just really makes me want to heave. i mean, it's -- whether you agree or disagree with the georgia law, i don't think any of us -- i know i don't -- want to have to think about politics when we watch baseball. and what disturbs me equally about mr. manfred's decision is he hasn't explained it. he hasn't explained why he thinks that georgia's law, which i think was an honest effort toward election integrity, is racist. now, mr. manfred, he looks like a smart guy. he went to cornell, graduated from harvard law school, he probably washed his hands before it was cool. i think if he is going to do this to major league baseball, he owes an explanation. what i would like to see him do is come on your show or one of your colleague's shows not just for three minutes but for 30 minutes. i think he needs to go to amazon, buy a spine online and come on your show maybe with governor kemp and let commissioner manfred explain why millions of americans who support election integrity, are racist. and after he is

many of augusta national's exclusive members including rob manfred are under pressure to oppose the changesin, eugene robinson over at the "washington post" and mike murphy, a veteran republican strategist and codirector of the center for political future at the university of southern california and is co-host of the hacks on top podcast. good evening to both of you. mike, mitch mcconnell said something interesting every day this week. he realized he might have overstepped in what he thinks ceos of companies should or shouldn't do. let's listen to the latest that he commented on. >> i didn't say that very artfully yesterday. they are certainly entitled to be involved in politics. they are. my principle complaint is they didn't read the darn bill. >> so yesterday he said corporate boycotts are stupid. he said ceos should mind their own business and don't mind they give contributions. that is the way that companies talk. where do you make of where mitch mcconnell is and how he is managing the situation? >> i think he is trying to clean up a clumsy remark before. i will take him at his word. h

. >>> mlb commissioner, rob manfred, released a statement saying quote, major league baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all americans, and opposes restrictions to the ballot box. lebron james, now, part owner of the boston red sox, tweeting, proud to call myself a part of the mlb family, today. >>> but the atlanta braves say they are, quote, deeply disappointed. adding, that this was, neither, our decision, nor our recommendation. the team goes on to say that hoped our city could use this event haas a platform to enhanc the discussion. >>> now, the republican governor brian kemp, who signed the law, ripped the decision. saying, in his words, the league caved to fear, political opportunism, and liberal lies. now, the game will, still, honor braves' legend, hank aaron, who died in january. but there is no word, yet, on where the actual all-star game will be played. zbl zbl >>> hall of fame broadcaster, b bob costas, says this is the latest example of leagues making examples of fairness, equity and politics. >> until relatively recently, baseball was not as apt as a sport to wei

it's hypocritical and give credit to senator rubio for calling out the commissioner here, rob manfred, for all of this ridiculous hypocrisy. also, there are still 81 home baseball games that are going to be played in the atlanta braves stadium and the state that they are reportedly moving to, colorado, actually has more restrictive election law, restrictions in their law than exists in georgia. it's all such farcical, ridiculous absurdity and that's what so frustrating about. this people decide oftentimes far left wingers what the narrative is going to be. they apply it to sports, and there are so few people with functional brains in my industry, that they blindly applaud this social justice activism without actually researching election law itself. the state where you're in and major league baseball is based, new york, is far more restrictive than georgia. the place that they just moved the all-star game to, colorado, is more restrictive. delaware, joe biden's home state, i don't remember him for the last 40 some odd years referring to delaware a's jim crow 2.0 laws. these are all li

we reached out to major league baseball and rob manfred. we have yet to hear back. have you, andy. just talk to us about the news, how stunning it was and what it means for your business and your employees. >> certainly unexpected. employees are very important to me and people that support my business through vendors a warehouse guy load ago truck or a guy bringing it to me. more impact that will go over and above the restaurant. so we made it through covid. why never had to close a day besides major holidays. my employees helped me fight through this thing. we all were in it together. so you know, we're looking forward to -- yeah, things starting to run back to somewhat normal. so it's a great business. we have great community support. they have stepped up behind my employees and have supported us. we're a couple of miles from the stadium. we're less than a mile away from i-75. also, people think -- you said the all-star game. it's not a one-day event. it's -- you have the home run derby the night before, player signings and other locations. it is a big deal. it's

reporter: rob manfred says this is the best way to demonstrate their values as a sport pulling the gamef atlanta. they signed a deal last week, tencent a communist party backed company this is it one of china's largest tech firms. this company briefly dropped nba games in 2019 after former houston rockets general manager showed his support for democratic activists protesting against beijing backed crackdown in hong kong. here is radio show host eric ericksen on "fox & friends." >> major league baseball they don't want to go in georgia which has a pretty expansive early voting rules, now mandatory weekends thanks to the law but perfectly happy doing business in places like china which regularly persecutes people. reporter: georgia new election laws adds i.d. requirement to absentee ballots, expands early voting and prohibits anyone from election workers providing food and water to anyone waiting in voting lines. republicans say the rules are fair around will improve voter confidence. some democrats slammed the legislation. senate majority leader chuck schumer tweeted quote, racist voter

. >> baseball commissioner rob manfred announced the game will move this summer's 2021 all-star game,ling out of the peach state, a direct response to georgia's voter law, which restricts access to the ballot, especially for black voters. calling it, the best way to demonstrate the values of our sport, adding it fundamentally supports voting rights for all american, especially at the blot box. and lebron james tweeted, "proud to call myself part of the nba family." but republicans who say the law makes selections more secure are defiant. >> it means cancer culture and partisan acts are becoming for your business, your game, your event in your hometown. >> reporter: former president trump calling for a boycott of the league, the atlanta team saying the league is deeply disappointed, adding there was not our intention or representation. another calling the move completely unacceptable, adding politics have no place in sports. baseball's decision marks the biggest corporate response to georgia's newly passed law, even as critics are urging other big businesses to step up. >> my coke is f

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 confidence in georgia's election follo

mlb commissioner, rob manfred, said this quote. major league baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box. now, lebron james, who is now part owner of the boston red sox. he tweeted out, quote, proud to call myself a part of the mlb family, today. but the atlanta braves say they are, quote, deeply disappointed. adding, this was neither our decision, nor our recommendation. the team says it had hoped our city could use this event as a platform to enhance the discussion. >>> republican governor brian kemp, who signed that controversial law, of course, ripped the decision. saying, the league, in his words, caved to fear, political opportunism, and liberal lies. now, the game will still honor braves' legend hank aaron, who died back in january. but no word, yet, on where the all-star game will now be held. hall-of-fame broadcaster, bob costas, who is a cnn contributor, says this is the latest example of sports leagues and fairness, equity, and politics. >> until relatively r

mlb commissioner rob manfred said the following.part owner of the boston red sox tweeting proud to call myself a part of the mlb family today. the l.a. dodgers manager, one of only two black managers in the league, is for the move. >> i support it. i'm not completely versed on everything, but i do understand and my takeaway from the bill was essentially to suppress voting for colored people, people of color, and with that, that is something i fundamentally intrinsically disagree with. >> atlanta governor brian kemp is saying it is liberal lies. the atlanta braves say they are, quote, deeply disappointing adding this was neither our decision nor our recommendation. we hoped our city could use this event as a platform to enhance the discussion. there is no word yet as to where the all-star game will actually be held now. >>> professional golfers association says it's also concerned about protecting the right to vote but it's keeping its big tour championship right here in atlanta in september and the legendary masters tournament is se

this time rob manfred saying that major league baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all access to voting continues to have our game's unwavering support. the braves, meanwhile very disappointed about the decision. saying this was neither our decision nor our recommendation. atlanta has always been known as a uniter in divided times times and we will miss the opportunity to address the issues that are important to our community. unfortunately, businesses, employees and fans in georgia are the victims of this decision. >>> okay to the ncaa tournaments. a shocker in the women's tournament. arizona who came in as a 14-point underdog taking down uconn, they got up early, never lookback, won 69-59. arizona is now going to face stanford in the first after all pac-12 championship game. and winning since south carolina, final seconds of the game. gamecocks get the steal. her layup, though, no good. and alia foster had a chance to win it at the putback. and barely missed it at the buzzer. south carolina heartbroken, stanford back in the title game for the first time since 2010 wit

. >> john: fox news learning major league baseball commissioner rob manfred made the decision to move it after holding meetings with activists. sources say abrams and other groups wanted the league to denounce georgia's new voetding law and abrams told the commissioner if he didn't move the game the players would probably boycott it. abrams said she is disappointed with the decision but charlie gasparino says she could have done more to prevent it. >> if she really wanted the all-star game to stay there she could have called up lebron james and put a coalition together and say let's keep the game here and keep it non-political and keep the game here. >> john: jason chaffetz joins us now. it almost seems to be a case of be careful what you wish for because it might come true. >> i think she pushed it too far. i think the good people of georgia who are not going to be enjoying the economic benefits or fun of having an all-star game there can look to stacey abrams and joe biden who tacitly approved of moving the game out of there and look at these democrats who i believe want a national

want to thank the shadows in atlanta and they helped out and that was awesome and i want to think rob manfred and they partnered up in this and the pga team event the missouri classic and new orleans. how is this for short payment 16. a share of the lead here and please the gallery here in this went to a sudden death playoff and we know he can put but he missed it and they double bogeyed so cameron smith had the door open for him and he got it. the two aussies split a $2.1 million check and brooke henderson was the winner in los angeles and the warriors and kings, moving pictures coming up on game day tonight. >> looking forward to that. thank you. >>> southbay armenians are rejoicing that an american president would acknowledge their people were the victims of genocide. we will have that story coming up. >>> a new cbs news poll is throwing cold water on america's hopes for herd immunity. >>> bay area coastal residents have their eyes on the rising sea levels. the fight over what to do about homes now at risk. let us take you to a place you've been craving. where the aroma of authenticity tur

other thing too is, gop senator marco rubio sent a letter to the major league baseball commissioner rob manfredll you job your membership at exclusive members only augusta national golf club in georgia? will you stop baseball growing in china and cuba making money? they're major human rights violators. senator rubio blasting the mlb over this. what do you think? >> i think neither the mlb commissioner will back away. those memberships in the augusta club are worth their weight in platinum, diamonds and gold all together, he is not giving that up. with regard to china, this is a serious issue. major league sports are so deep into the communist chinese pocketbook, no way they will back down. the only way we here in america can have an impact on this is through the laws, perhaps make the laws in this country less amenable to all of these perks that major league sports get. and for americans to vote with their wallets because that is exactly what the chinese are doing. elizabeth: okay. bob barr, thanks for joining us on the show. it is great to see you. come back soon. >> of course. elizabeth: let'

rob manfred made this decision.te with the players, and he certainly didn't take a vote with the owners saying we're going to do this. i mean, he talked to tony clarke, executive director of the players association. talked to a lot of people. you know, owners, players, former players, corporate sponsors. before making the decision. but this was his decision and his decision, alone. >> yeah, it's worth noting, you know, republicans claiming cancel culture. donald trump. sort of, engaged in precisely that, by calling for a boycott of baseball. i mean, how -- where does -- where does that sort of stuff stop? >> yeah. who knows? i mean, right now, i mean, you have pretty small crowds, anyway, because of the pandemic. only the -- in texas have they had, you know, 100% capacity on opening day. everything else is restricted. i don't think that will have any effect, at all, on attendance. you know, we'll see what happens. and obviously, themselves. they issued a statement, yesterday, you know, kind of lashing back at baseba

but at the end of the day commissioner rob manfred decided not pulling the game would make an even biggernt than pulling it. and the second thing is that it was a good business decision is what it really came down to. i think we can talk about whether players wanted this decision, whether they were concemented. it doesn't seem they were. whether they would have boycotted the game when it actually came around. but it really does seem this came down to sponsor pressure or at least fear people like coca-cola or delta would be put in a tough situation had this game taken place in atlanta. >> do you get the sense there was a last straw that sort of made the mlb say, okay, that's it, this is the decision we're making? >> it doesn't seem like there's a last straw. again, it seems like there were about 30 different factors that went into mlb's decision here. in the last year mlb and various teams across the league made a commitment at least on paper and in some of their initiatives to foster voter registration drives. the miami marlins, for example derek jeter is the ceo there, released a stateme

in a statement, mlb commissioner rob manfred said major league baseball fundamentally supports votinghts for all americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box. now, manfred said details about a new host city for the all star game will be announced soon later, the labor department's latest jobs report shows a big spike in hiring the us, added 916 jobs 16,000 jobs that is in march. that's nearly double the jobs added in february. nationwide unemployment is down to 6% from 6.2% the economy is still shy about eight million jobs. and here in california there. signs the economy is still rocky. we had over 105,000 new unemployment claims filed just for the week. so it suggests that layoffs are continuing. businesses aren't closing. and, um again, a lot will depend on the speed of the vaccination and people's willingness to come back. economists say consumer spending is up sharply, in part because the $1400 direct government payments came in. bank of america says spending jumped up 23% in the third week of march in the south bay original effort is underway to build war affordable housi

in what mlb commissioner rob manfred said was quote. ah way to demonstrate our values. i think they're alienating their fans. the controversy surrounds georgia's recent voting law, which critics say makes it too difficult to vote and will disproportionately hurt people of color. we should not be limiting. anything when it comes to our voters and their rights. we should be helping them doing more. ah, long list of companies are speaking out against the law. it requires an idea to vote reduces drop boxes and changes how voters can request absentee ballots, but they're being accused of hypocrisy because states like new york and colorado have similar laws. florida senator marco rubio wrote. commissioner manfred quote. i am under no illusion that major league baseball will sacrifice business revenue on. behalf of its alleged corporate values. are they going to now cut ties with chinese party, chinese chinese communist party? the answer to both is, of course, no republicans are fighting back. texas governor greg abbott backed out of throwing the first pitch to open the season

. >> major league baseball commissioner rob manfred said that he made the decision after talking to individual along with the players alliance which is an organization of more than 150 black current and former professional baseball players companies based in georgia are also now coming out against law. the ceos of delta and coca-cola criticize the bill last week voting rights advocates and former democratic candidate for governor stacey abrams says that she's disappointed that major league baseball pulled the game. but she is proud of their stance on voting rights. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> what a weekend of basketball it all came to a head today with the stanford cardinal fighting for the national title. and after 29 years, the hardware is coming back to the bay. things are heating up down in san antonio for this pac 12 battle. the winningest coach in women's college basketball history. there she is. tara vanderveer looking for ring number 3, 1st quarter. here's the hometown kid recently named all american. he williams with that last try showing out in front of her friends and family. but

the commissioner rob manfred said yesterday around 70% of players, on-field staff and support personnelved at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine. the league told players it will relax protocols once that figure reaches 85% so good news for baseball fans out there. >>> let's turn to the action on the field. career night for the nationals against the blue jays. we pick things up in the bottom of the third. >> bases loaded, one one out. vlady guerrero against max scherzer. blue jays down by three. 2-1. swing and drive! get up, ball! get out of here and grand slam for vlady guerrero jr.! >> guerrero's grand slam comes just over 11 years after a then 25-year-old max scherzer gave up a homer to vlady's father. he is the only pitcher to be taken deep by both father and son. a distinction there for you. it is not over. two innings later, guerrero tagged scherzer again for a solo shot hit deep over the center field wall. in the bottom of the seventh something dad never did. guerrero rounds out toronto's scoring with his third home run of the game! two-run shot hit off of a washington reliever

commissioner rob manfred said the league opposes restrictions to the ballot box. to move the game calling it an attack on his state. the all-star game set for july 13th >>> the first woman to sue the nfl quarterback deshaun watson alleging sexual misconduct is speaking publicly now and for the first time ashley solese is a massage therapist. she said deshaun watson exposed himself and touched her inappropriately last year during a session at her home. since the alleged incident she says she's suffered panic attacks, anxiety and depression. 22 women are now suing deshaun watson for similar allegations solis is the first to go public. >> i know a lot of you are probably wondering who i was or if i even existed. i was afraid i'm not afraid anymore, and i do exist. >> deshaun watson denied all of the allegations against him. his lawyer says the lawsuits were brought after the quarterback refused what he called baseless settlement demands. the attorney representing the women says that two of them have spoken to police in a letter sent yesterday to season ticket holders

baseball took a major body blow, rob manfred's decision was, i believe, the most disastrous decision capitol in the op-ed, the writer goes on to argue that republicans aren't really against corporations taking political stands. they just don't like it when they are on the left. in other words, he's saying, you're happy to argue against minimum wage or whatever other political, you know, business- type issues you want to , but when it comes to voting rights or whatever it maybe now you're upset. >> i'm old school, will. i think that a corporation exists to make a profit and i don't know and to me, i run a corporation. the best way to make a profit is to serve the largest-possible audience and if you aren't in the political business, i don't know why you would alienate half of your audience by getting into the political business. look, michael jordan had it right. it was the title of my most recent book. republicans buy sneakers too. if i can sell to the entire country, why would i only want to sell to half of them? so i think that new york times editorial has it completely wrong and y

the mlb amateur draft will now take place in another city in a statement and will be commissioner rob manfred says. major league baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box. medford says details about a new host city for the all star game will be announced soon. well some oakland a's fans are down on their team for recent on and off the field last night, the a's struggled against the houston astros. they lost that game 8 to 1, the top of the astros lineup, had most of the hits and scored all of the runs. a bats were cold against houston aces. greinke the fans did not turn out for opening day. excuse me did turn out for opening day with coronavirus restrictions a coliseum had about 10,400 people attending. we are out of the house and we're doing things we used to do. we're here for opening day. i'm here with my son, nathan. it's just our family tradition that we've started coming here about seven years ago for opening day. the crowd the people the you know, like we're singing at the bottom of the seventh. alameda county is in the o

baseball would move its offer game i think the quickness of the decision really surprised everybody rob manfred said a few days ago that they were considering it and then they went ahead and did it because i think there's so much more awareness among people about the way voting rights impact civil rights and given the black lives matter movement and the cullen capper nick boycott around that with with the n.f.l. i think baseball wanted to be on the right side and getting ahead of the argument because what has happened in georgia which is the 1st major state to pass legislation restricting voting ability really really say stinks i would say of jim crow legislation which was the legislation that from the end of the civil war up until 965 when the voting rights act was passed kept people from voting predominately black people as who it was aimed at in the in the south and so this is really a major move by major league baseball it's particularly significant this year because it was going to be staged lanta and the theme of the the game and the major league baseball amateur player drafted and all th