, he is on the boston celtics, i have spoken out against president she and china's policy towards debt, and they basically blacklisted and shut down a lot of links to the boston celtics, and we know going back to 2019 and 2020, they banned teams for a whole year in china. that cost them $500 million, but it was probably in the billions of dollars in terms of lost revenue. when nba players speaks out against china, like he did, and i don't to say it on air, but in our lifetime, he has been an absolutely outspoken nba player, but it is something to be aware of. >> will other players follow? >> quite possibly, yes. >> an unreal story of the moment. thank you. tom, for a number of years you and i have been talking about things. jonathan: the big challenge for corporations and multinationals -- how do you keep this increasingly progressive base happy at home, and maintain aspect -- maintain happiness with china. tom: i was making jokes about it, but it is not funny. it is a serious new globalization. yet something local like basketball, and do you want to take it global? there are different

do you not say about oppression of minorities in china. >> the boston celtics ennis canter from turkey in viral tweet calls out abuse of uyghur muslims. >> what do you do about that slave labor that makes you rich. >> nike named in bipartisan congressional report of likely using forced labor a claim nike and china deny. >> china not worth refuting. >> sneakers are also anti-china. >> my muslim brothers and sisters are getting killed, raped and tortured. >> he also criticizes nike's founder phil knight and the company's biggest stars lebron james and michael jordan stop with the hypocrisy. stop the modern day slavery now. >> james defended china in the past when a houston rockets executive supported hong kong protesters, james said. >> i believe he wasn't educated on the situation at hand. so, just be careful what we tweet and we say. >> critics accuse james of a double standard defending minority rights at home while egg norlg them abroad. nikey's deal with the nba tops a billion dollars while the league's deal to broadcast in china is worth even more. so far no reaction from james, th

ines cantor of the boston celtics is criticizing the nba's biggest star and sports equipment giant nike for their silence on human rights atrocities. national correspondent william la jeunesse takes a look tonight from l.a. >> don't sit back and be silent, it's a message nike is now accused of ignoring. >> nike stands with black lives matter, nike stands with stop asian hate but when it comes to china, nike remains silent. you do not address police brutality in china, you did not say a word about oppression of minorities in china. >> the boston celtics from turkey in viral tweet calls out nike for ignoring abuse of uighur muslims. there about 30 companies named in the bipartisan report of likely using forced labor claiming nike and china denied. >> fallacies he made are not worth refuting. >> sneakers are also anti-china. >> my brothers and sisters are getting killed, raped, and tortured. he criticizes nike's founder phil knight and the company's biggest stars michael jordan and lebron james. who gets a 30 million a year in endorsing nike products. >> lebron james, and michael jordan, s

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in china also anybody playing against the boston celtics also not allowed to be seen. what the nba is afraid of is, players free the uyghur shoes and stand up for basic human rights around the world. i give credit to enes canter. it's important to know his background, brian. his family has been you persecuted in turkey for speaking out in favor of human rights. enes canter is not allowed to return to his home country is he not just speaking his truth. he is also living it i think he deserves a lot of credit. >> brian: i was wrong 9 not a super player but very good player and expendable. i wonder if he will be iced out from here. celtics losing revenue by not airing in that country. what do you think? >> it's an interesting point. and i would hope that the celtics would be willing to stand up for basic human rights over chinese slave dollars. but, what we have seen from the nba and by the way, brian, it's not just the nba, it's apple, it's disney, it's many of the biggest corporations in america. they all bend the knee to china. and they look the other way with actual g

ennis canter for the boston celtics has been very direct about the treatment of uyghurs, very critical, and critical of nike for continuing to do business with china. what is your view on this and what ennis canter is saying? >> well, first of all, i'm a big boston celtics fan and ennis canter fan and i think the nba should reward its players for telling the truth. i think american corporations should start getting an ethical backbone when it comes it dealings with china. it is a genocide. and too many u.s. industries have been bending over backwards to try to paper over what is happening in china. you see hollywood studio over hollywood studio refusing to put out movies that are critical in any way, shape or form of the chinese government. you now have pressure on the nba to censor its players when they're telling the truth about what is happening in a foreign country. this matters deeply to ennis because he is being persecuted now by the turkish government. if he went back to his home country, he would be arrested largely simply for his political views. so while i understand not ever

boston celtics center. and it's cantor tweeted a 2 minute video of himself wearing shoes with the phrase free tibet. it was during last night's game against the knicks when he wore those shoes. this comes as beijing prepares for the 2022 olympic games and that's prompted calls for a boycott over china's treatment of tibet. cantor says he stands by his message to china. >> brutal begin rule, china xi i have a message for you and your henchmen. i would say it again. again. and again. lauding clear. i hope you hear me. free to vent. free free tibet. >> always controversial when anyone associated with the nba says anything. >> bad about china. you're talking about billions of dollars. >> at stake. china is in love with the nba and home to millions of nba fans kobe was enormous over meeting with the houston rockets put china on the map in the nba. the league so far has not commented on the situation. they hope it goes away. still to come, singer. >> artist superstar. lizzo typically shows a lot of love to her fa

federal prosecutors allege former boston celtics star terrence williams orchestrated the scheme and enlisted other players including former clippers players glen davis sebastian telfair and darrius miles who according to court documents, submitted false and fraudulent claims for reimbursement of expenses for medical and dental services that were not actually rendered this scheme which lasted for about 3 years from 2017 through 2020. inflicts a significant loss to the health care industry, something we take very seriously. >> turns williams we've heard mentioned already this morning. orchestrated the fraud by providing others with false provider. invoices also detailed in the indictment that at least 10 of the former players paid williams kickbacks, a totaled roughly $230,000 each defendant fraudulently sought reimbursement ranging from approximately $65,000 to as much as $420,000. officials say they used evidence. i travel records, emails and gps data that confirm the defendants were never the location where they claimed the services occurred as buildin chiropractic dental and wellness expen

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that's up to boston celtics today. and as canter describes, the chinese prison she's in pain as a brutal dictator. ah, will thousands are taking part in rival demonstrations across to dawn's capital to mark the anniversary of its 1st revolution. back in 1964, both sides were part of the civilian uprising that led to the ousting of amal, the sheer in 2019. meanwhile, outside of the capital and undermine tear gas was fired at protest as you, according for greater civilian control, over the government. many disagree on the countries future, hurt us. leaders have been calling for com with fear that there could be confrontations on the streets. there is a heavy security presence and hospitals have also been put on stand by. well, let's get the latest from him. morgan. she is alive for us on the streets in courtroom hippa, we're seeing thousands pull back out on to the streets and it was really street protests that brought down bashir. do you get the sense that the transitional government is perhaps under any threat? while t

tencent has pulled all livestreaming for boston celtic games in china after one of their players hosted a video on twitter. the nba didn't immediately respond to requests from bloomberg. a chinese spokesman says the player was ran standing to draw eyeballs. -- grandstanding to draw eyeballs. global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake. powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. paul: let's see how we are shaping up for the final trading day. new zealand has been up and running. we are seeing a little bit of weakness. we were hearing from the prime minister earlier this morning about the roadmap out of lockdown. it is dealing with a small but persistent outbreak of the delta variant. here in sydney, we are seeing futures flat. we had some news on the lockdown front. melbourne is emerging from its six lockdown. vaccinations are hitting 70%. it has been six lockdown's a combined 260 days. the last one ended at midnight last night. what have you been seeing? >> is good news from melbourne and victoria residents who have endu

of the boston celtics, and his cancer described the chinese president. she jin ping as a brutal dictator. it was during a social media video promoting tibetan independence. brutal dictator of china. she's g p. i have a message for you, and you are henchmen. i will say again, again and again loud and clear. i hope you hear me free tibet free tibet free tibet. basketball is the most popular u. s. sport in china. but celtics games have already been wiped from the shed. jewels of the n. b, a chinese broadcast partner 10 cent. some citizens in china whole. so calling for a boycott of the club, one high ranking chinese official at the ministry of foreign affairs, dismissed kenton comments. he thought the basketball player you mentioned is trying to grandstand on tibet related issues to draw attention. such fallacies are not worth refuting water evil. on the winding, we welcome people who are on biased and pulled objective positions from all over the world to visit about. meanwhile, we will by no means accept any attacks and smears on to best development and pr

that's up to boston, celtics player and has cancer. described the chinese prison, she doing ping as a brutal dictator? ah, the leader, the haitian gang accused of kidnapping 17 members of a us based missionary group has threatened to kill them if a ransom isn't paid at a modeling $1000000.00 for each hostage, 5 of whom are children. as negotiations for their release going to their 5th day, there been more protests in the capitol over haiti's lessening security situation. demonstrations bent ties and blocked streets, angrier the fuel shortages and the rise in kidnappings by gangs unlucky did not bring up that junior ga to kid. nothing's going on in the country are only impoverishing us from the middle class who have no means. but you see that the rich are not kidnapped, and i never talked of novel. good. all is not possible that a gallon of gasoline is selling for 1100 goods. arielle on re you're not worthy of leading the country. go, go down our yeah, our own re you can no longer live in the country. go go. we have correspondence in haiti and ohio and the missionary group is based on

in sports, the nbc is facing another backlash in china as boston celtics flat, and his counter cools that precedent. a brutal dictator and he's done it again. christiana, run out. i suppose. i'm late to win. if a manchester united as they fight from who no down to beat atlanta in the champions league, ah, thousands of people are taking part in rival demonstrations across suzanne's capital to mark anniversary of its 1st revolution made the live pitches from the capital. both sides were part of the civilian uprising that led to the asking of my elbow. she in 2019 but they disagree on the countries future. protest ladies have called for com with fees. they could be confrontations on the straights is a heavy security presence and hospitals have been put on standby. hey, morgan is there at the protest for us. what's the mood like where you are cuba? over the past 2 hours, hundreds of people have been coming to the gathering point that was settled by before us freedom. listen, that's the main faction that has led up against former president. i'm going to lead me revoked in the military ove

that's off to the boston celtics player and has cancer, as well as the chinese prison machine. ping as a brutal dictator. ah, now the leader of the haitian gang accused of kidnapping 17 members of a us based missionary group has threatened to kill them. if a ransom isn't paid morning $1000000.00 for each hostage. now, as negotiations enter their 5th day protests against haiti's security situation broke out again across the capital, demonstrators burnt tires and blocked streets. angry over the economic crisis and the rise. they're in kidnappings. they're now calling for the chief of police to step down. well, let's go live now to manual palo, he's on the line for us in the capitol porter prince. now this is quite an escalation. was it expected from the gang? that's right. this helps you. this is quite the escalation, especially after several days of not a hearing or seeing any meaningful updates in terms of the status of these kidnapped individuals. and now what we're seeing is the social media video posted by the, again, $400.00 below the game responsible for the kidnapping. the video

tencent has pulled all live streaming for boston celtic games in china as -- after enes kanter has listed a video. a chinese foreign ministry spokesman said enes kanter was grandstanding to draw eyeballs. the federal reserve will ban top officials from buying individual stocks and bonds. the move follows an embarrassing scandal that led two fed departures. senior fed officials will now be limited to purchasing diversified investment vehicles and new appointees will have to divest certain assets before joining. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. >> still ahead, we discussed japan's efforts to confront racism in the workplace with professor hwaji shin. up next, time is running out for china evergrande group to avoid default. we discussed the latest impact with jenny zeng. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> evergrande is facing a potential default as a grace period for its latest interest payment expires saturday. our next guest says what happens next for ev

the boston celtics promised the broadcast after his cancer president xi jinping. they called him a brutal dictator and voiced support for independence. even more sneakers, china was serious so they pulled the plug on the game script cancer from all social media. guess what? he's still there. of course it's his first political rodeo, he spoke out against his home country, turkey pretty much the entire family has been in prison just get back at him when the mba probably do the right thing and take a stand here? how long until lebron james takes china's side? it's okay, john sena can translate. tonight's party panel, podcast host and spectator usa country bidding editor was the guy who got stabbed in the heart by the stingray? steve irwin. it's steven l irwin miller. that's a compliment, by the way. democrat strategist and warmer biden campaign surrogate, kevin comedian, she's fantastic, l.a., markham, everyone. >> which is the. kennedy: i know, this is great this is quite a stand cancer is making and he's done this before, he's not afraid to back down from a real fi

carley: listen to this, boston celtics games are off the airways after slamming the government over its abuse of the tibetan people. >> here to speak out about what is happening. people's basic rights and feelings. carley: the celtics star in the season opener, labeling chinese president xi jinping a brutal dictator, not the first beef with the nba over human rights issues, the houston rockets broadcast remove their merchandise from stores after general manager darrell morey showed support for protesters in hong kong. on thursday night football, fans tuning in can see the cleveland browns pick up a win over the denver broncos. >> johnson cuts back. no signal yet. touchdown. carley: he rushed from 146 yards and he did his part filion for mayfield for 199 yards and a touchdown, 17-14 victory. the time is 35 minutes after the hour. democrats in one state that it was okay to share this cartoon depicting parents as a horror show for caring about things kids are being taught in school. ashley: left losing its grip on the virginia governor's race, talking to a panel of latino voters why they a

the boston celtics until play basketball and not flukes happened from chinese media after players and called for tibetan independence. >> the tibetan people's basic rights and freedoms are nonexistent. they are not allowed to study and learn their language and culture freely. they're not allowed to travel t europe or they're not allowed t the tibetan people are not even allowed to worship. the brutal dictator of china, i have a message for you. free to bed, free tibet, free tibet. >> and this is now a menace. that stance is illegal in china they don't like any calls for freedom unless it's their freedom to choose for basketbal players. on wednesday chinese streaming giant vincent cut the live broadcast between the knicks an the celtics rates it was almost as fast as the white house cutting the feed when biden starts answering questions. why does this matter? because china reportedly accounts for 10 percent of the nba revenues of the league is reluctant to make them mad. two years ago nba executive pleated support for democracy i hong kong and his teams games are still banned from tv t

the boston celtics until play basketball and not flukes happened from chinese media after players and called for tibetan independence. >> the tibetan people's basic rights and freedoms are nonexistent. they are not allowed to study and learn their language and culture freely. they're not allowed to travel t europe or they're not allowed t the tibetan people are not even allowed to worship. the brutal dictator of china, i have a message for you. free to bed, free tibet, free tibet. >> and this is now a menace. that stance is illegal in china they don't like any calls for freedom unless it's their freedom to choose for basketbal players. on wednesday chinese streaming giant vincent cut the live broadcast between the knicks an the celtics rates it was almost as fast as the white house cutting the feed when biden starts answering questions. why does this matter? because china reportedly accounts for 10 percent of the nba revenues of the league is reluctant to make them mad. two years ago nba executive pleated support for democracy i hong kong and his teams games are still banned from tv t

boston celtics i'm told played basketball and not salutes, been pulled from chinese immediate after celtic players -- celtic player and his canter called for tibetan independence. >> the chinese government border role tibet people basic rights and freedoms are nonexistent. they are not allowed to study and learn their language and culture freely. they are not allowed to travel freely they are notey allowed to accept, the tibetan people are not even allowed to worship freely. the brutal dictator of china, i have a message for you and your henchmen, free tibet, free tibet, free tibet. >> it is now a menace that's illegal in china they don't like any calls for freedom elicit the freedom to enslave uighurs tose make shoes for basketball players. so on wednesday chinese streaming giant, 10-cent cut the live broadcast between the knicks and the celtics is almost as fast as the white house came the feed wouldn't bite inserts answering questions. [laughter] why does this matter question for china reportedlych counts for at least 10% of the nba's revenue. the leak is reluctant to piss off the dicta

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cantor plays for the boston celtics and born in turkey. he has been tearing into communist china and the sneaker giant nike and calling out nba stars staying silent over china's human rights abuses. on the list is lebron james. over the past four days he rocked the sports world and beyond highlighting china's subjugation of china and calling it modern day slavery. nike, michael jordan and lebron james are scared to speak. william la jeunesse with the story. coverage from los angeles. william. >> the twitter post went viral because of what it said about lebron james and his contract with nike and the company for using slave labor in china to make shoes. he rips both as hypocrites. >> dear nike. your company says you are making positive impact in our communities. that is true, yes, you are. here in the united states nike stands with the black lives matter, nike stands with -- but when it comes to china, nike remains silent. you do not address brutality in china. what are you doing about the slave labor that makes your shoes? that slave labor

celtics in the guard. 138-134 the score. and say these two will need to pace themselves. it's going to be a very long season if every game is like that. and in the champions league, manchester united came back from 2-nil to complete a thrilling home win. of course, it was cristiano ronaldo. they have all their ducks in a row, but it was still a thrilling victory. back to you. >> thank you very much, don. lots of talk here about, of course, a man united win and my fellow portuguese ronaldo scoring the last goal. >>> that does it for me. i'm isa soares. early start with christine romans and laura jarrett is next. they'll have more on president biden's economic agenda. do stay tuned for that. i'll be back tomorrow. have a good day. bye-bye. - that moment you walk in the office and people are wearing the same gear, you feel a sense of connectedness and belonging right away. and our shirts from custom ink help bring us together. - [narrator] custom ink has hundreds of products to help you feel connected. upload your logo or start

. >>> the boston celtics enec enes kanter is again being critical of the treatment of uighur muslims. >> right now as i speak this message, torture, rape, forced abortions and sterilizations. family separations. concentration camps, political reeducation, forced labor, this is all happening right now to more than 1.8 million uighurs. >> wednesday kanter ignited a furious backlash with these custom made shoes and a video condemning treatment of people in tibet. beijing denies any wrongdoing but is notoriously thin skinned about criticism. china canceled shows the game and his name blocked on some fan websites. >>> attempts to get all democrats on board with president biden's domestic agenda stall once again. the latest on negotiations to advance the u.s. president's plans, next. >>> plus haiti's new police chief calls for a big fight against crime amid the search for 17 kidnapped members of a missionary group. stay with us. tony here from creditrepair.com taking to the streets to talk about credit. can you repair your credit yourself? yes. -great. how? uhhh... how long does credit repa

glenn "big baby" davis won a championship with the boston celtics, earned $30 million over the course of his career, so tough to see why some of these players at least would need this amount of money. but it was a scheme that went on, and today they face federal charges by the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york. >> wow. and we mentioned at the start of the segment, a similar scene among the nfl players. is this a trend? what's happening here? >> well, i think the overall trend of fraud is actually out there. i mean, we've spent a lot of time focusing on the ppp program, some of the stuff tied to the coronavirus relief. the massive amounts of fraud there, which is in the billions upon billions of dollars. it's just easier these days, given the enormity of a lot of programs, given the enormity of the paper process, particularly when we get into the health care system. it's just ripe for fraud. when you have a system like this, and the u.s. attorney did not say how they came upon this scheme, but it does appear at least in several instances where the nba got a w

fans are angry after some harsh criticism from the boston celtics player and called xi jinping a dictator and said people's rights and freedoms are nonexistent. you can see china's foreign ministry they are only looking for attention and his comments are not worth refuting. stay on top of that story for you. >>> now, the atlanta braves are one win way from going to the world series if they can get past the los angeles dodgers. patrick snell has our highlights in our minute in sports for you. >> isa, we start with major league baseball season where the reigning champs l.a. dodgers still have hope in their series with the atlanta braves. thursday night in the city of angels, the dodgers emphatic 11-2 win, chris sale hitting three home runs. the braves lead the series 3-2. they need just one win to advance to the world series. game six saturday right back here in atlanta. >>> meantime, humiliating defeat for roma. the conference league breath taking goal for patrick berg, 6-1 victory over the norwegian team ensuring this is the first time that any jose morena team exceeded six. >>> slumping

, that's next. ♪ ♪ no♪ maria: welcome back, ban on boston celtics games. the ccp in china cracking down on the nba after a player called president xi a brutal dictator. what is he? back in two-minute's time with the backlash. maria: welcome back, china is pulling coverage of boston celtics after player calling xi jinping calling a brutal dictator. washington examiner commentary fellow zachary wrote an op-ed on the story and lebron and kaepernick are. zachary, great to have you and i love your op-ed here and it's incredible to me that the country could look at this and think everything is wrong with what he said. everything that he said is accurate. >> right, and i think the most interesting part of it is that he's not going to face much backlash here among americans but from companies like nike who already sort of blacklisted him because -- giving him endorsement deal would shut down the stores in turkey who he also spoke out against turkish dictator erdogan. believe in something even if you're sacrificing everything. this is what canter is doing, risking

. >> this is a big difference between telling the boston celtics fans when he was a member of the boston celtics i'm with you forever, i love it here. and three weeks later negotiating with the nets for a new deal. there's a difference between that and what he's doing now. it's a danger -- gene is absolutely correct. this is dangerous. >> gene, there have been some people who have said, look, it's the nba. he can get tested every single day, get tested three times a day if they want to. they have unlimited resources. so if he says principally as a stand i'm not going to take the vaccine. i don't trust it, whatever his argument is, but he got tested every day, why couldn't he join the team? what do you make of that? >> well, i asked that same question, why can't he join the team? as mike barnicle said, he sends a dangerous message to people in a country that has too low vaccination rate. he has an important voice. people listen to him. we're talking about him, and so he's being unhelpful at a time when everybody needs to be helpful if we're going to get past this terrible pandemic. and, a

. >> sandra, it is not easy being a boston celtics fan in china, streams the team's games has removed it after kanter called for china to free tibet. kanteshg r sat on the bench with his free tibet message in the social media post accusing china of what he calls cultural genocide. >> dictator of china, xi jinping, i have a message for you and your linchpin, i will say it loud and clear, i hope you hear me. free tibet, free tibet, free tibet. >> celtics and n.b.a. have not publicly responded to the controversy. questions were dismissed about kanter's tibet campaign. >> the basketball player you mentioned is trying to grandstand with tibet related issues to draw attention. the fal sees are not worth refuting. >> not first time china and the n.b.a. have clashed. the houston rockets manager daryl morey tweeted support for hong kong and morey was moved to the 76ers, that team was banned, as well. we e-mailed the streaming service regarding kanter and tibet, we have not heard back. the companies integrity is based on "openness and fairness." >> sandra: david lee miller, that is what happens

boston celtics games in china not broadcast to this day. china controls the nba like china controls nike and disney, like china controls microsoft. what they do to the main players in those places has forced them in to silence, censorship, self-censorship. they've believe that they want the market of china more than to stand up for their values and belief. it takes someone like ennis canter from turkey, whose family has been banished to for speaking out about erdogan, he understands what tyranny looks like. he comes to a place like america and sees nike and the nba kowtowing to xi jinping? a brutal dictator suppressing his people and free speech. he's simply wondering, i thought this was america, the first amendment exists? what he doesn't -- he does realize, wokism has taken the leagues over. it's more about profit than speaking out other than woke issues. it's okay when lebron james talk about but not the dictatorship in china. >> john: nike insists that canter and others are mistaken. we're concerned about forced laborner the uighur regi

the other plays for the boston celtics. it's a great story. >> lakers had several chances. here's larry bird. >> magic johnson leads the attack. look at that pass. oh, what a show! oh, what a show! >> when those championship games are in prime time and people are paying attention to that, television feeds into those rivalries and makes them bigger than they've ever been before. >> how dare you challenge me with somewhat primitive skill. they're just as good as dead. >> every mike tyson fight was an event. because every fight was like an ax murder. when he fought michael spinks, the electricity, you could just feel watching it on tv. >> he leads with the right hand! there he goes! >> tyson was made for tv because there was drama. >> it's all over! mike tyson has won it! >> not a lot of junior high school kids can dunk. especially at -- >> but everybody tries. everybody tries. >> i think that he is starting to transcend just his sport, that he's becoming something of a public figure. >> michael jordan becomes the model that every other athlete wants to shoot for. they want to

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stuart: i want to bring up the subject of the boston celtics player, censured, enes kanter. tweeted photos of the shoe, xi xinping, communist party. someone has to teach you a lesson. i won't apologize for telling the truth. you can't buy me. can't scare me. can't silence me. hit it. enes kanter seems to have the courage, nba lacks on china. >> they are befuddled. brad stevens said i will support. i will support my players and activism. the league has gone radio silent. they don't know haw to handle it. how can you spray black lives matter on the court but chinese lives don't matter or tibet 10 lives don't matter or harvest organs, where are the sneakers they make, that doesn't matter. the league says that is my cash cow, we need international broadcast, and buy my jerseys pay for the broadcast rights. at the same time you know in your heart he is 100% right. who is he enes kanter? a very good center-forward who played on multiple teams because he is a positive force. yet he is from turkey. critical of erdogan the president. because of that they basically put his family on h

we've told you yesterday about boston celtics' center enes kanter slamming nike over its response to human rights abuses in the country of china. >> when it comes to china, nike remains silent. you do not address police brutality in china. you do not say a word about to oppression of minorities in china. steve: he's talking about the weergs there. now the nba star is tweeting to the owner of nike, bill knight, how about i book plane tickets for us, and let's fly to china together. we can try to visit these slave labor camps, and you can see it with your own eyes, telling lebron james and michael jordan you're welcome to come along too. author douglas murray joins us now. what do you headache about this? >> -- make about this? >> this is an amazing story and a great sign of hope that a star of kanter's caliber should actually blow the whistle on one of the human rights outrages of our day. you know, every era in history does things and allows things to happen that future generations look back on with just horror. it's the same with our generation, obviously. our generation looks at th

china reacted, banning boston celtics games from being played in china. i hope more team stand up and take this stand. the national basketball association should be an american league that stands for american values. maria: i like the consumers research and educational nonprofit calling out larry fink and blackrock for all of their pushing of esg, telling us what we should invest in. meanwhile, they're knee-deep in china, investing, telling their investors to ramp up their investing in chinese companies by three times, investing in the same companies that are actually helping the ccp to unseat america as the number one super power. they're calling out larry fink, the ceo of blackrock, and its policies there as well. christopher, it's good to see you this morning. thanks so much. >> thank you. maria: christopher bedford joining us there. we'll be watching. coming up, blind sided by beijing, general milley calling china's hyper sonic test its put sputnik moment. we'll tog about that. -- we'll talk aboutthat stay wi. deposit, plan and pay with easy tools fro

brian: boston celtics' center enes kanter slamming the, this ba and nike -- the nba and nike. leo terrell, this takes guts because he came out against china, and look at his shoes as well as the treatment of tibet. this is big. >> you know, brian, i applaud e necessary if canter because he's going to -- enes kanter because he's going to take a financial hit. he is a true human rights activist. ten aside colin kaepernick and lebron james because he's talking about china, and the nba has been completely quiet. why? because of the money. it's easy, brian, for an nba player to criticize america. they don't go to prison. they can criticize america day and night, call us imperfect. but when it comes to china, the reason why you don't hear lebron james or the nba is because of this. they don't want to lose this. and i applaud e necessary if canter -- enes kanter because human rights injustices go beyond borders. brian: i know that his family's under house arrest basically in turkey. if he came bark he'd be jailed or killed because of what he said about erdogan. so this guy has stood

the boston celtics -- no, no, no. the atlanta braves claim a world series berth taking game six over the los angeles dodgers. >> deep to right, it is gone! [cheers and applause] >> and on the ground, he's got it! throw to first, the braves are going to the world series! pete: that is always an exciting moment. atlanta winning 4-2, we outsource all of our best. the braves will face the astros from houston on tuesday in their first world series appearance since 1999, and they had a string of them there for a while, and it comes months after the major league baseball pulled the all-star game from atlanta over georgia's voting law. they can't change it now. the world series is coming to atl. lawrence: folks will appreciate that. pete: yeah. the team delivered for them -- lawrence: right. pete: -- and brought business. the world series is coming to atlanta and houston. >>> all right, coming up, we are nine days from election day 2021 version ask from the if virginia governor's race to new jersey governor phil murphy's shri

muck ♪ ♪ pete: boston celtics' center enes kanter taking a stand against china and xi jinping for oppressing the people of tibet. >> tibet belongs to tibet. i have my voice and speak out about what's happening with the brutal dictator of china, xi jinping. i have a message for you and your henchmen. i will say again and again and again loud and clear, i hope you hear me. free tibet, free tibet, free tibet. rachel: might had free hong kong as well. the chinese regime is retaliating, pulling the team's games from their streaming platform. lawrence: of course, it's china. joining us now, clay travis. the response of china has already been they're going to take action, but why was kanter the first and only one to take a stand? >> well, first of all, thanks for having me. good morning, everybody. i think you have to give a lot of credit to enes kanter for stepping out there. remember, a couple of years ago the then-general manager of the houston rockets tweeted free hong kong, and basically everything fell apart in terms of the relationship between the nba and china. they're still trying to pick

they defeated boston, 138-134. it cap as bad night for the new england sports. that's why i'm so grumpy. >>> in new orleans the philadelphia 76ers appeared unfazed by the absence of their player. in memphis the grizzlies' player made an early entry for dunk of the year. >> mobley, smothered by jarrett. loose ball picked up by the grizzlies. melted. lobbed. oh. >> oh, baby! >> is that was ridiculous. the alley-oop is good for two of morant's play. >>> and drake helps from the sidelines. he engaged with washington's montrezl harrell in some trash talk that earned harrell a technical foul. washington wins 98-93. >>> time for the weather. let's go to meteorologist bill karins for the forecast. how's it looking out there, bill? >> we had a huge storm coming into the west. that's going to be the big story. we're going to fill up a little bit some of those reservoirs. we're going to put out some of those fires. that's great news. this storm in the west is spinning off the northwest coast today. it's going to bring heavy rains into northern california and into the coast

lasted forever: life with the larry bird celtics." this is -- i'll throw this out there, the most anticipated regular season football game ever. am i right? >> i think it has to be. there has maybe been a situation awhe where at the end of the season, the game has playoff implications on the line. it happens the week before and all comes to a head. this thing has been circled for two years, since tom brady left new england. and you knew he wasn't going to play here in the first year he was in tampa, but then when the schedule came out, for this season, 2021, there it is. week four. it has been circled in new england for a long, long time. highest ticket prices anyone has ever seen for regular season game, it is like getting a ticket on a jeff bezos rocket to the moon or something. it is very hard to score a seat in the building for this thing. >> all right, who needs the win more. tom brady or bill belichick? >> i think belichick needs it more in this case. both guys are secure in their legacies. six super bowls together. belichick is

. >> over the celtics. >> a new york team beats a boston team. >> how about that? >> i don't know. they make so much money. >> she's looking good. >> mika, listen, i know you love to talk, we really want to get to republicans voting against actually voting rights bill that was a compromise that joe manchin have been working on for months to make it so republicans would actually be able to do what they did before last night voting rights bill was authorized and pushing it over at the top, what a surprise? they're not cooperating. >> yes. >> my apologies to the table, joe does not get out much, at all as you can see. >> it has been a long, cold winter. >> it's like here comes something. >> i have been happy, oh, i am so happy. i got out. >> willie rolling dice. >> i am telling you they are the best, we are street legals. >> senate republicans prevented the freedom to vote act from moving forward after mitch mcconnell said his party would oppose it. the bill includes provisions allowing same day voter registration, no excuse mail voting. we make election day a holiday. >> how many rep