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and new numbers tonight on the economy and american jobs. riveting testimony in the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin, charged with killing george floyd. a veteran homicide detective testifying today, telling the jury chauvin s use of force, his knee on floyd s neck for more than nine minutes, was, quote, totally unnecessary. new allegations tonight. the new york times reporting florida congressman matt gaetz may have paid women for sex. the justice department also investigating whether he had a relationship with a 17-year-old girl and possibly violated sex trafficking laws. gaetz denies the accusations. today his communications director resigned. and major league baseball s power play, pulling the all-star game out of atlanta in response to georgia s restrictive new voting laws. good evening, everyone.
in the month of march, over 170,000 migrants were apprehended at the border. a 15-year high. and the numbers are only forecast to increase. linsey? matt gutman, thanks so much. there s major fallout tonight in the battle over georgia s restrictive new voting laws. major league baseball moving the all-star game out of atlanta in protest. the republican governor calling it a cancel culture move. and there are some surprising reactions to boycotts from leading georgia democrats. abc s steve osunsami is in atlanta. reporter: it s a strong message tonight from major league baseball to republican lawmakers who just passed and signed new voting restrictions in georgia. baseball commissioner robert manfred jr. is siding with a good number of black americans and business leaders who believe that the new rules are voter suppression, saying, i have decided that the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport is by relocating this year s all-star game and mlb draft. major league baseba
doing that. people look to them, they re leaders. reporter: but this is money and business we re talking about, and even many georgia democrats who fought the new rules are not happy with baseball s decisions. stacey abrams, who is credited with getting more georgians to vote says she s disappointed and says, i don t want to see georgia families hurt by lost events and jobs, but she says she still commends the league for speaking out. georgia s governor says this state will not be bullied. and tonight there are dozens of statehouses across the country considering similar measures. this action certainly puts them all on notice. linsey? certainly does. steve osunsami reporting in from atlanta, thanks so much, steve. when we come back, seven detention officers fired for a deadly incident inside a jail. what the sheriff is saying tonight. if you have obstructive sleep apnea and you re often tired during the day, you could be missing out on amazing things. sunosi can help you stay
putin might have been backed down as he did somewhat in the battle over georgia. do you think their hands have been tied by the reluctance of eu nations to do some of this? i don t dispute that this is hard. but the climate has been created by this administration for a very long time. on the international stage people respect strength, confidence, and trust. obama has known shown none of those things when it matters. is there a movement among lawmakers? besides the people who always speak out, senator mccain, acyotte. you hear very little from capitol hill and this is something we speak about frequently on this panel with the fading of the hawks, you really have only have a few coming out. when it comes to foreign policy,