this is "nightline." tonight love after loss. the widow of joe biden's son bo who died of cancer in 2015 now reportedly finding comfort in the arms of his brother. a happy ending to a sad story. why the vice president and his wife have reportedly given their blessing to these unlikely lovers. plus, rising up. president trump met with if i recall resistance for revoking transgender school bathroom protections. we're hearing from transgender champions fighting to restore dignity to children. and the premier star studded series when we rise. a message from the cast and creators to the president tonight. and fired from the oscars. two accountants taking a big

loss after one of them pushed the wrong envelope in sunday's best picture breakdown. >> "moonlight." >> why the man responsible may have been too distracted to do his job. but first here tonight. the night line five.

good evening. tonight what appears to be a surprising twist in a very public emotional saga involving the family of vice president joe biden. his son bo died of brain cancer in 2015. tonight we're learning that his widow has now found new love inside the family. new love said to be growing out of the most profound loss in former vice president joe biden's family. nearly two years after the death of biden's older son bo, his widow halle is now in a relationship with his younger son, hunter. according to an article on the new york post page 6 website. hunter biden saying in a statement given exclusively to page 6, hallie and i are incredibly lucky to have found love and support we have for each other in such a difficult

time. and that's been obvious to the people who love us most. we've been so lucky to have family and friends who have supported us every step of the way. they spoke at the museum in washington, d.c. >> in my view, senator snow, all politics is personal. >> but he didn't address the reported new romance during his speech. he and his wife jill did reportedly give a statement to page 6 saying they're happy for the new couple saying they're all happy they found each other as they were putting their lives together again after such sadness. >> joe biden is the class. he understands communication, he has been the out front about his situations. one can only imagine what hallie and hunter have gone through and the whole biden family. >> in situations of loss, transformation and

difficulty, it is natural for people to connect. >> a spokeswoman for the bidens declined comment on the record. bo biden passed away in 2015 after a battle with brain cancer. he was the father of two and he had followed his own dad into a career in public service, joining the military and later successfully running for attorney general in delaware. ♪ >> at his funeral, cold play front man chris the martin capturing the family's heart break. ♪ i feel my time ♪ feel my time has come >> and president obama recognizing bo's contributions. >> this is what our country was built. on men like bo. bo biden brought to his work a mighty heart. he brought to his family a mighty heart.

>> er eulogized his brother, including in the hospital as a child after the car crash that killed their mother. and his last moments with bo. >> each of us desperately holding hill. each of us whispering i love you, i love you, i love you. and we held his hand and he took his last breath. >> hunter also speaking directly to his brother's family. bo's widow hallie and their two children. >> we will always be one family. because we always have been one family. >> the tight-knit family holding on to each other for support. hunter seen at hallie's side during her husband's memorial service and again when the delaware national guard renamed the headquarters. >> they have done a very good job of living relatively low key

lives. you don't hear a lot about their personal lives. they're not in the tabloids. >> in 2015, still greig the loss of his son, joe biden announced that he would not be running for president in 2016. >> i believe we're out of time. the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination. >> the bidens are no strangers to public grief. overbiden's first wife and his daughter naomi were both killed in a car wreck just weeks after joe was first elected to the senate in 1972. hunter and bo survived the crash. >> the only way you deal with those things. a lot of things have dealt with what happened to me. you have to focus on what is left. what you have. >> the consummate family man, joe was sworn into office a few weeks later in the hospital at the bed side of for you-year-old bo. the beginning of an inseparable

bond with his boys. one that would continue into adulthood. >> my friend, my father, my here over. the next vice president of the united states. overbiden. >> the vice president was de devastated. >> he has covered the biden family for years. >> the vice president himself was stricken with grief. his focus was on his family. >> he considered selling his house to help bo's family but he said president obama talked help out of it. >> no big deal, mr. president. he said i'll give you the moan. promise me you won't sell that house. >> his younger son hunter lives a more private life. he has three children with his wife kathleen. though new york post reports they separated about five months after bo passed away in 2015. but despite the heart ache that

followed, hunter, hallie and the rest of the family say they are determined to move forward in a family where resilience is that love have been demonstrated repeatedly. >> there will come a day. i promise you. your parents as well. when the thought of your son or daughter, your husband or wife, brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye. it will happen. >> coming up later, heads are rolling in hollywood over the biggest mistake in oscar history. the new photographic evidence showing why the man in charge may have gotten it wrong. does psoriasis ever get in the way of a touching moment? if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, you can embrace the chance of completely clear skin with taltz. taltz is proven to give you a chance at completely clear skin.

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when president trump announced a roll back of transgender student bathroom protections, lgbt activists were quick to rise up against him. this is a community that has had decades of practice in fighting for and defending its rights. dating back to a time when it had almost none. a new abc mini series is sheeng a light on this struggle. here's elizabeth vargas. >> it was an emotional scene of resistance steps away from the white house lawn. >> shame on trump! >> hundreds gathering on pennsylvania avenue last week to protest president trump's revokes of the rule, allowing transgender students use the bathroom in which they identify. the 17-year-old gachbl grim is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit to be settled by the supreme court later there month.

>> no one, not even the government, can defeat a community so full of life, color, diversity and most importantly, love. >> transamericans across the country standing up to fight. >> a message for president trump. this is a disaster. and you can still fix it. will. >> this critical moment co-insides with the debut of abc's new mini series "when we rise." >> we are not a menace. >> it chronicles 40 years of the struggle for equality. the powerhouse cast includes rosie o'donnell, whoopie goldberg and david hyde pierce. ivory a keen over was one of the stars. >> it mufbl disappointing for you then to learn of president

trump's recent rescinding of it. you're obviously emotional. >> it is hard enough to want to be your authentic self amidst society telling you that it is wrong. the thought of that happening to these kids who just want to use the restroom. that's why i am so thankful for the show. i feel like i'm part of something that's doing something. >> it might enlighten people? >> yes. >> ebl our history has been covered in shame for far too long. fear of exposure has kept our history unwren. >> dustin lance black is the creator of "when we rise. "the first series of its kind. sense winning the screenplay for milk, he has become an outspoken activist for lgbt rights. >> you could not have possibly anticipated that we're in this time that we're in, when your mini series would air. >> not exactly this position,

no. i can't believe we're living in a country where you can attack school children. these are school children. >> who just need to go to the bathroom. ? they need to go to the bathroom so they can go back to their classroom and try to learn and they're now being bullied by their government. i say loud and clear to president trump, and to vice president pence, you are fathers. imagine if your daughters were sent to school and were told they had to go to the boys' restroom. you would fight like hell to stop that from happening, to keep them safe. that's what we're going to do. >> one of the show's central story lines charts the aids crisis during the 1980s and 1990s. decimating the gay community. >> richard, you know the drill, right? >> the most difficult part, sorry. i think the most difficult part

of show was when we ended up in san francisco. we were on the streets that i walked as a kid. and re-creating these events. i think about all of my friends and mentors who won't live to see the new freedom that's we've won and help us push forward together. they won't get to see this moment. i know there's more work to do. but lgbt lives are getting better and i miss a lot of the people who i fought alongside to get here. so those streets, that concrete in the castro. there are thousands of lives in those sidewalks. and far too many of them are gone.>> a core activist chronicn the series is cleave >> as he gay white man from a seventh place. >> you have a problem? >> he's with me. >> cleave works closely alongside the lesbian activist,

portrayed first by emily scaggs. and later, by matter louise parker. >> drama guy is this force of nature. she probably has done something in her life that benefited you in some way. she probably fought for some cause. you see how you can get things done with a spirit that big. >> that spirit is evident in each of the show's characters. when cleave comes across a baby who has been baabandoned bedrug addicted parents. >> he falls in love with that baby and then loses the baby because he's gay. >> yes. because they found aids medication in addition time when there was treatment. he was going to be okay butett indicated he was gay. it was legal at that time to deny a person the ability to

foster apparent at that time. it is that denial of love that i think is at the root of emotional violence against lgbt people. i was 6, 7 years old, when i first had a crush on a boy down the street. for an lgbt kid, when you have that crush, you believe it for a moment and then it's fear and shame. and that's incredibly debilitating. >> a rejection of self. >> a complete rejection of self. something you can't change. trust me, they tried. they failed. >> he is referring to gay conversion therapy that aims to change one's sexual gender identity. >> the doctor is one of the earliest and most fervent proponents of psycho therapy aimed at curing homhomosexualit. >> his son comes out to his father. >> that you know i'm gay.

it's time that we both said it out loud. >> the seasonable was very dramatic. very difficult given who my father was. >> dad. this is what you're making me do, richard. >> as is shown in the screen, he did pull out the gun. i knew wasn't loaded or going to fighter but it was very emotional. >> the role is portrayed by his real life brother, the actor, charles. >> i'm so proud of my brother for doing it. i'm gay. he is not gay. but he is certainly an ally. >> i would like to think of our father who is in some alternate reality could have adapted, could have changed. >> they home people from all walks of leaf will be inspired by bravery and perseverence. >> that i know it is on abc on, a major network, is what attracted this cast to participate. i think he have one understood the potential to reach a broader

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finally, whether you're watching a movie or playing a key behind the scenes role at the oscars, please remember to turn off your phone. >> this is not a joke. "moonlight" has won best picture. >> the academy confirming, brian cullinan, the person who gave the wrong card to warren beatty, will never be back.

he was snapped back stage with two cards in his hands. so presumably he is now holding the best actress back-up card and the best picture card. warren beatty introduces best picture. cullinan is snapped back stage on his phone. he tweets a backstage snap of emma stone. >> "la la land." >> the producers are giving thanks. >> you picked this off. >> 2:01, we see cullinan. >> i'll sorry. no. there's a mistake. "moonlight." you won best picture. >> i opened the envelope and it said, emma stone, "la la land." >> telling us once the error occurred, it was not followed through quickly enough. today they said cullinan's

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