good evening and welcome to politics nation. tonight, seizing the moment. the verdict is in. and donald trump and his republican allies are raging against it. along with the judge, prosecutor and even the jurors who delivered the 34 count felony conviction, that ended his criminal hush money trial. here in new york, last week and for the last three days, congressional republics have republicans have criticized the verdict or attempted to diminish trump s actions, parroting the former president s claim that the verdict was politically motivated and politically motivated takedown, in fact, by president biden, they claimed. in the background, if you can believe it, is an election unveiling in five months and while republicans are closing ranks around trump, president biden has an opportunity to reach out to undecided voters this week, as he lays out his plan on immigration and border security, and proposals of tangible cease-fire plan for israel s were in gaza. all of that ton
interest in the history of the negro-leagues can reduce the trend? reverend al, i can tell you what i know. in 1982 when i worked for san francisco examiner, i did something that had never been done before or since. i did a detailed study on this. 1982, there were 18% african americans in baseball. the all-time high was the mid- 70s at 27%. from talking to black players, white players, executives, all on the record, there were people who told me, again on the record, that there was a quota system in major- league baseball that was purposely phasing out african americans. that s how i became close with hank aaron in 1982. the consensus was by the turn- of-the-century, the 21st century that the numbers would be below 10%, which they are right now. matter of fact, the smoking gun reverend al, at a white scout gave me a computerized report for major-league baseball in 1982 with a flat race.