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vaughn hillyard is in atlanta. what say you, vaughn?rter: the braves picked up game three win last night. it was more than three hours long. through out those three hours it was hard to miss the chanting of the atlanta fans doing the tomahawk chop they call it. there's been heightened attention here at the world series about that very chant. to the extent that it is insensitive to native americans and whether they, the atlanta braves, could be the next team to change their name, their logo and get rid of that chant. it's a chant synonymous with the braves. the so-called tomahawk chop, carried out by fans in atlanta for decades. this weekend the chant under new scrutiny as it's seen and heard on baseball's biggest stage, the world series. >> chop on. >> chop on, baby. >> chop on. >> it's history. >> reporter: bringing heightened attention to not only the famous chop, but also the atlanta braves name and native american imagery. >> this is a hollywood stereo type. the majority of americans understand that native mascots are wrong. >> repo

nbc's vaughn hillyard traveled to the caribbean island of antigua. >> reporter: this pristine caribbeanand is nowhere close to china. but today china's presence here right in the backyard of the u.s. is increasingly obvious and defining. $5 million toward construction of the island's university, a $50 million loan for its renovated airport. a $55 million grant for a cricket stadium. in the country, even constructing a confucius institute to connect antiguans to china. just how much has china invested in finance and grants? >> maybe about $200 million, which is sizeable for a small country like antigua and barbuda. >> reporter: on average china is spending two to one compared to the u.s. in overseas development. antigua and barbuda is one of 140 nations now partnering with china as part of its belt and road initiative, building infrastructure across the world. whatever does all of these investments get china ultimately? >> it gets china a strategic position in the caribbean. >> reporter: china strengthening its partnerships in the process. in 2020 a vote came before the u.n. human rights

. >> that was vaughn hillyard reporting. i want to bring in jonathan capehart.to see you and a fantastic package by vaughn hillyard on that race. as you mentioned, i will be talking to terry mcauliffe about his campaign. he will be campaigning with stacey abrams later today in the first souls to the polls event in virginia, the first time people in virginia can vote on a sunday. we'll be talking about the polls and why this race is so close, especially for terry mcauliffe who was a very successful governor eight years earlier. we'll be talking about ail of that. also, ali, we'll be talking to, at the top of the show, congressman adam schiff, chair of the intelligence committee, also on the january 6 house select committee. he was the lead impeachment manager in trump's first impeachment. there is a new book out. we're going to talk about that book, about the committee, and what happens tuesday in the event of steve bannon and a criminal contempt citing of him. >> it's going to be a great show. we're also looking forward -- i think you're hearing from the state r

vaughn hillyard is outside truist park in atlanta. >> reporter: the braves did pick up the win but itting of the fans in the background. the rallying tomahawk chop that many find insensitive to native americans this as they intergame four and questions about the future of the team name and the logo. it's a chant synonymous with the braves. the tomahawk carried out for decades, but new scrutiny as it's seen and heard on the biggest stage, the world series. >> chop on. >> chop on. let's go. it's history. >> reporter: bringing attention to not only the chop but the atlanta brave's name and native imagery. >> it's a stereo type. the majority of americans understand native mascots are i don't think. >> reporter: washington's football team changed their name last year and the cleveland indians announcing they'd be next. >> we'd be excited to usher in the next era of baseball in america as the guardians. >> but the mlb commissioner defending the braves organization this week. >> i am 100% certain that the braves understand what the native american community in their region believes and they'

vaughn hillyard caught up with both candidates. >> folks, how we doing today?election in the joe biden era. the hotly contested race for virginia governor with republicans looking to take it from the democrats in favor of terry mcauliffe. trump wants a victory here and wants to use it as a lunch pad. >> reporter: if you don't win this race, is that an indictment for the democratic party. >> first, we're going to win the race, but -- >> reporter: mcauliffe a well-known establishment democrat. a friend of the clinton and he's been a governor here before. >> i'm going to fight as hard as i can to keep us a blue state. >> reporter: but this is 2021, and what happens here if the republican upsets mcauliffe? it could be a barometer of the races to come. that's why we're heading one hour south to where youngkin is. on paper it's a long road for the gop. four years ago the democrat who won for democrat won by nine points. last year joe biden beat donald trump in virginia by ten. it sets up the question, does that kind of high democratic energy hold? >> there is somethi

vaughn hillyard, thank you. >> thank you for watching msnbc reports. >> i'm lindsey reiser. >> i'm kendisof activity among democrats as they push for votes as soon as tuesday on the center piece of president biden's agenda to rebuild the infrastructure and shore up the social safety net. plus, two days from the key bell wetever event in virginia. we'll have brand-new polling from nbc news that outlines the challenges ahead for democrats and exploding the myth of america as a melting pot. we'll highlight an important conversation about america's immigration policies. then the inflation story you haven't heard about the folks who have been on the front lines of the covid economy from the start and who are facing the highest stakes and toughest choices. velshi starts now. good morning, happy halloween. we are awaiting expected results from joe biden at the g20. biden will appear with the eu commission president. we'll have those remarks live when they happen. meanwhile, a vote for joe biden's massive and ambitious and quite possibly transformational agenda has now been tentatively scheduled

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once again, to nbc's vaughn hillyard who has more from atlanta. backlash that you've heard about or witnessed after the former president's actions. what's it been like? he was not alone in that stadium. it looked like 35,000, 40,000 people were joining him in that tomahawk chop. >> right. the maximum capacity here is over 40,000, alex, and last night was game four, tonight game five and the atlanta braves have a chance to clinch a world series victory tonight in atlanta, but last night there was the former president, he was seated in a suite quite a ways down the first base line, never shown on the jumbo tron, but at the same time, when the tomahawk chop started, you saw the former president join right in. there's been a lot of pushback here. this is an ins sensitive, racist, tomahawk chop here. it is not native american song or a native american chant, but instead it's a hollywood stereotype of native americans, yet it's been in play here for more than 30 years inside the braves ballpark here. seven months ago this was a former president that tol

vaughn hillyard, thank you very much for your reporting. we really appreciate it.a is what's taking place around the globe at-large as china extends its influence. it started in africa with huge projects on infrastructure. that start body a decade ago. it had held off interestingly in investing in latin america. latin america is seen as america's backyard. but now they're moving to the caribbean, moving into latin american countries as well not really caring that north america is right there. they are setting up projects and investing billions of dollars. that gives the chinese leverage. it's not the kind of military superpower leverage that perhaps america had in its battle with the soviet union during the cold war, but economic leverage. that holds sway when it comes to things like the united nations. it is a new cold war that's playing out right around the world. it's familiar, you know, looks like what we had against the soviet union. it's played out with money, though, but is very real. >> all right. and the biden administration released several reports yester