kramer famously fought with dr.nthony fauci, now a key member of president trump's coronavirus tatask force, who is the directr of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases at the national institutes of health. in an open letter to "the san francisco examiner," kramer accused fauci of failing to respond quickly to the aids epidemic, and called fauci a murderer. the two later became friends and fauci credited kramer and act up for speeding up the drug testing process. in a "new yorker magazine" profile of kramer this month, michael specter interviewed fauci who told him -- "in american medicine, there are two eras before larry and after larry." specter wrote -- "there is no question in my mind that larry helped change medicine in this country." in a moment, we will host a roundtdtable on larry kramer''s legacy. but first, this is larry is his own words, just last year, when 4 million people took to the streets of new york city in the largest lgbtq pride celebration in history to commemorate the 50th a

kramer? you have six minutes. we're doubling your time. i would appreciate it if after several sentences, you allow the interpreter to speak to translate what you say. and i'm going to unmute you. okay, so ms. kramer? >> yes. i just have a few additions that i shared with inspector duffy yesterday. i had complained about cooking odors coming through my light well in the bathroom. and the inspector had previously said that the oven was vented incorrectly and it was then corrected. i would like to show you what all of this means to me personally. and the only way i can do it is by holding up the new roof that was -- >> interpreter: [speaking foreign language]. . so they eventually got the permits for seven skylights on a new roof. you can see that they raised the roof and did not include the vents for the plumbing systems. >> interpreter: [speaking foreign language] . >> i then showed inspector duffy the corrected vent pipe that was added because the initial vents that popped up through the bra

it was a series of historic protests orchestrated in part by larry kramer. >> larry kramer decided the real battle should be in the streets and not inside the convention center. >> it is important to realize that it was not subtle. >> at that time, he was enraged at the lack of attention that he felt the federal government was paying attention to the needs of people with hiv aids. >> larry kramer was a playwright, author, and aids activist. >> he was not always correct but his heart was on the right place at. >> dr. anthony fauci talked to kpix5 about his first encounter with larry. >> one article he wrote for the front page of the sunday san francisco examiner in the 1980s and the title was, an open letter to an incompetent 80 it, anthony fauci. i call you a murderer. so if you wanted to gain my attention, he certainly did. >> fauci was one of the world's leading aids of researchers at the time. >> the two men would become friends. dr. fauci spoke to larry a few weeks ago. >> we got hundreds of phone calls over the years. very often we would end the phone call but he would say after w

>> kramer and dr. fauci eventually became friends and allies, with kramer even earning praise from his former adversary. both dr. fauci and kramer would later appear on "nightline" back in august of 2001. >> together the activists made significant advances. they convinced the government to shorten the time for drug approvals, and they made it possible for people with life-threatening illnesses to volunteer for clinical drug trials. >> these things now have become second nature with how we deal not only with hiv/aids but with other diseases. it was larry who started the thinking that you challenge and question everything when it comes to the life-and-death situation that you're in. >> you've gone, larry, from -- >> as an author, essayist, and playwright, kramer was most notably hailed for his 1985 play "the normal heart." >> dr. anthony fauci told "the new york times," quote, once you got past the rhetoric you found larry kramer made a lot of sense, and he had a heart of gold. kramer's husband, david we

larry kramer lived with hiv for decades. has has been said he died in manhattan today of pneumonia at the age of84. >>> coming up tonight at 6:00, we speak with dr. anthony fauci about working with larry kramer at the height of the aids crisis. the two later became friends. >>> a live look at the san mateo bridge where we are seeing an emerging trend and not your imagination. a slight increase in traffic. this is morning rush-hour at the bay bridge toll plaza. you are starting to see the same thing here too. uptick and traffic after weeks of people staying home and sheltering in place. this graphic from the metropolitan transit authority compares the weekday traffic volume between march and may and this year and last. obviously many more cars on the road a year ago. you can see the line for 2020 >>> chopper5 over the final days of free express lanes on bay area freeways. another change coming now the traffic volume is increasing. the mtc says tolls will resume next week. they were suspended in march because of shelter in pla

larry kramer. kramer was one of the founders of the aids coalition to unleash power, or act up. his anger over the government's lack of action during the aids crisis made him well known. among those he confronted in the early days and then later befriended, top aids researcher dr. anthony fauci. >> we've had hundreds of phone calls over the years, and very often we'd end the phone call but he'd say after we'd even argue a little bit, he'd say, i love you, tony. and i'd say i love you too, larry. and that's the way we ended it. >> yeah, well, larry kramer died at age 84 of pneumonia. he was also an author, a playwright and a film producer. >>> a pair of brush fires sparking quick response by firefighters in two bay area communities. hot, dry conditions helping flames chew through less than an acre near happy hollow in san jose. and off highway 4 in bay point in contra costa county. high temps ahead will continue to keep fire crews on alert no doubt. and hopefully it's going to start to cool off sooner rather than later, paul? >>> one more hot day to go. and it's not going to be a

comcast business. >>> finally tonight, remembering larry kramer.playwright and aids and gay rights activist larry kramer knew actions spoke louder than words. >> i always said we're going to produce something that gets attention. >> founding act up and the gay mens health crisis. he sat down with ted koppel. >> you have led a very active and focussed life. >> useful. i think i've been useful. are you content with it? >> no, because it's not my nature. you have to believe there's more to do, constantly, because there is. >> larry kramer died of pneumonia at age 84. that's "nightline." thanks for staying up with us, goodnight, america. that's "nightline." thanks for staying up with us, goodnight, america. da, ba, da, ba, da, ♪ ♪ jimmy kimmel live ♪ this is ridiculous. >> from his house! >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy. welcome to my abode. hey, remember when marie condo made us throw out all our stuff i want those things back now. it seems like every day we're learning something new while we're in quarantine. for instance, this is something i learned over th

larry kramer played a part in it. not have heard of him or liked him but to me he's a hero and now he's gone. the news continues. i'm going to hand it over to chris for "cuomo primetime." chris? >> so beautiful. so poignant, so important. a lot of people are unfamiliar with kramer's work, but you can't be if you grew up around here. that's for sure. and i'll tell you i know what he wanted from the media as part of the responsibility and the legacy of responsibility and as an observer of your work for many years, you are part of that living legacy, anderson. and it's one of the reasons that we're all so proud of the journalism you do now. >> i don't know about that, but thank you. >> thank you for reminding us of the loss. i am chris cuomo. welcome prime time. >>> it's a sad night. it's just three months. we've lost a hundred thousand lives. do you need band music to tell you it's something urgent? we were told this pandemic would magically disappear without any real trouble. a couple dozen cases. today did you hear wh

. >> reporter: before the disease had a name, larry kramer was fighting aids. he founded the first organization to advocate for the prevention and treatment of aids. >> the first couple years, almost everybody in there died i'm not joking it was like we were at wartime. >> reporter: while larry kramer began his career writing movies winning an oscar nomination for "women in love" it was hissed a advocacy work that brought him fame his 1985 play "the normal heart" later adapted by hbo brought the aids pain to families across the world. >> please god, give us one more year. >> reporter: by 1987, more than 16,000 people were dead frustrated with government inactions, kramer founded act up whose protests of politicians, doctors and the catholic church angered many including fellow activists. >> i'm so sick of hearing about our tactics defending people the vietnam war was not ended by people being nice nice people walk into gas chambers. >> reporter: those protests exceeded pressuring the fda to provide aids patients access to potentially life saving drugs before th

and kramer also battled aids with his pen, in this 1985 play "the normal heart."ents in his later years, while never losing his determination and his distinctive voice. the 2011 revival of the normal heart won a tony award. >> our day will come. [applause] >> you got my attention. >> pauley: and as for that other tony, anthony fauci, he went on to become a sort of friend to kramer, even helping him get into an experimental drug trial after kramer's liver transplant in 2001. as fauci put it to the "new york times," once you got past the rhetoric, you found that larry kramer made a lot of sense, and that he had a heart of gold. larry kramer was 84. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ when you need it, jack delivers: order on uber eats, postmates and grubhub. my new bite-sized, crispy popcorn chicken is so when you need it, jack delivers: irresistible you'll want them whenever, so don't resist! pop 'em while you game, hang, or do your thing. pop my 100% all-white-meat classic or spicy popcorn chicken combo for just $5.99. >> pauley: after 11 weeks in quarantine, jim gaffigan is looking for a cl

kramer labeled fauci an "incompetent idiot." two would come to mutual respect, and even friendship. today, fauci, one of the leaders of the white house coronavirus task force, spoke to judy about kramer: >> i'm very sad that we've lost him. he's just an extraordinary man. he changed-- totally, by his extraordinary iconoclastic and theatrical ways of doing things-- he changed the relationship between the afflicted community with a given disease, and the scientific and regulatory community that has such a great impact on them. he said, "you can't be separate. you got to keep us in the tent. we've got to be in there with you." >> brown: kramer dealt with illness for much of his adult life: he was infected with h.i.v. and, separately, liver disease. a novelist and non-fiction writer as well, at his death, he was working on a new play centered on the current pandemic. larry kramer was 84 years old. >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour: protests erupt in minnesota following the police-involved death of an unarmed black man. hong

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kramer himself tested hiv—positive in 1989, and suffered liver damage.ch of the spacex rocket from florida‘s famed cape canaveral was years in the making. if successful, it would be the first time a commercial aircraft put people in orbit, bound for the international space station. but mother nature had other plans. the bbc‘s jane 0‘brien is at cape canaveral with more. 16 minutes and sa seconds to launch, that‘s how close to the wire the decision was, and it all came down to the weather. it was that final weather briefing where they actually warned of electric field, lightning and anvil clouds and it was decided that the risk was just too great. the safety issues were insurmountable and speaks s, which is controlling the flight, decide to scrub the mission —— spacex. we will be back here on saturday because thatis back here on saturday because that is when the next window for launching is. the bad news is that we‘ve got the same sort of weather on the way, thunderstorms in the afternoon, hot, slightly windy, heavy rain and a 50% chance of likelihood tha

the american playwright and aids activist larry kramer has died at the age of 8a.985 play ‘the normal heart‘ about the early days of the epidemic. he helped found the gay men's health crisis after a meeting of about 80 people in his apartment in 1982. kramer himself tested hiv—positive in 1989, and suffered liver damage. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: no luck with the weather for the launch of the first privately—owned spacecraft to the international space station. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletics events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7:00am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juve ntus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian people from the day of independence. the op

. >>> famed playwright, larry kramer has died, his husband says the 85-year-old kramer died today in manhattan of pneumonia. kramer was a cofounder of the activist group, act up, which created clinical pressure focusing on ending the aids crisis and roused thousands to protest in the early years of the epidemic. kramer's voice and pen also raised theatergoers consciousness about aids. the screenplays he wrote include lost horizon, sissy scrapbook and the destiny of me which was a finalist for the surprise 1993. >>> coming up at 6:00, a use of federal law aimed to keep repeat offenders behind bars. why that has been more difficult during this pandemic. stark also tonight, a bus on the high seas, $53 million worth of contraband by a coast guard crew and the pacific. narrator: here are aarp top tips on caregiver preparedness during coronavirus. learn more on our website. >>> the alameda county sheriff's department says repeat offender hasn't spent any significant time in jail because of the current verse pandemic. today, deputies tweeted 4 mugshots of aubrey crowder, he has been arreste

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the american playwright and aids activist larry kramer has died at the age of 8a.985 play the normal heart about the early days of the epidemic. he helped found the gay men's health crisis after a meeting of about 80 people in his apartment in 1982. kramer himself tested hiv—positive in 1989, and suffered liver damage. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: no luck with the weather for the launch of the first privately owned spacecraft to the international space station. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletics events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7:00am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juve ntus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian people from the day of independence. the opra

kramer died this morning at his home in manhattan his has been said the cause was pneumonia.e was currently working on another play this one centered on the pandemic larry kramer was 84 years old and today was supposed to be a historic day for elon musk's space x and for nasa, but the weather in florida had other plans today's scheduled launch was supposed to be the first time in history that a commercial aerospace company carry humans into earth's orbit but the astronauts were informed that the weather just would not clear up enough to permit liftoff so. >>nasa and space x will do this all over again in 3 days the next launch attempt is now slated for saturday may the 30th at 03:22pm eastern time until then astronauts bob behnken and doug hurley will head back to quarantine until the next launch attempt in a matter of hours a storm on the east coast became the second named system this year and made landfall. >>tropical storm bertha hit the south carolina coast this morning about 20 miles east of charleston. you can see the flooding. it caused says some roads turned basically

joining us now is kramer capital research cio hilary kramer. we basically running on fumes and liquidity at this point? ry: the actual stock market itself is really federal reserve-driven. it is all about the fact that money has been injected into this system. the reason why the nasdaq is up for the year has to do 100% with the fact that there was this backstock put in by the federal reserve. knowledge that all companies are too big to fail. so, in that sense, if you are -- if you are a longer term investor, we look at the banks and some of the energy names getting a bit more love overnight, is this really a good time to take a look at these beaten-down valuations and picking companies that, in the longer-term term, are going to see probably an inevitable recovery after this? hilary: it is the time to pick the companies that are going to have an inevitable recovery because they have to get acquired. once the financial stocks went up, that brought our whole market up in the united states. what really made it happen was the gossip that we had on

apple's ceo tim cook says kramer was an american original who got loud, acted up, and saved many lgbtq not be silenced and will echo for generations to come. for today, joe fryer, nbc news. >> that is the news. >>> how about a little boost, hoda kotb? >> i'll get us started, all right, one family's victory over the coronavirus is giving hope to others, thanks to their miracle baby the staff applauded when baby leah went home from new york hospital yesterday she was born last month, 11 weeks early, while her mother was in a coma with coronavirus mother adrian torres didn't even know until she woke up on her 41st birthday. but now, after weeks of fear and uncertainty, the homecoming celebration commenced. so mom and baby doing well congratulations. >> love to see that. guys, coming up, we've got a lot more to get to, including caroline kennedy and her son jack schlossberg, they're with us exclusively and they're going to announce something for this year's profile in courage awards it's a little different. we'll talk to them about that in just a few minutes but first, these messages. than

joseph kramer, murderer of countless thousands is now a , prisoner.me tanks fire the building. he is erased from the earth. buchenwald, dachau, north house names of shame freemen must not , forget. president harry truman delivers a warning of the blows that are yet to fall upon japan. >> the japanese now know that their dreams of conquest are shattered. they no longer boast of dictating peace terms in washington. this does not mean however that the japanese have given up hope. they are depending on america tiring of this war. becoming weary of the sacrifices it demands. they hope our desire to see soldiers and sailors home again to return to the comforts and and the temptation to return to profits ofs and peace will force us to compromise short of unconditional surrender. they should know better. they should realize this nation , now at the peak of its military strength will not , relax, will not weaken in its purpose. we have the men, the material, the skill, the leadership and the fortitude to achieve total victory. we have allies who will help us a

. >>> more on aids activist larry kramer. how his ♪ here's what we want everyone to do.ount all the hugs you haven't given. all the hands you haven't held. all the dinners you didn't share with friends. the trips you haven't taken. keep track of them. each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. so for now, keep your distance. but don't lose count. we'll have some catching up to do. >>> the federal confirmation hearing began today on the pg&e plan to get out of bankruptcy. much of the funding would come from new financing and new debt. the 58 billion-dollar plan includes 25.5 billion to fund wildfire claims. some fire victims are upset saying that this forces them to take half of their damages in pg&e stock. the company says 88% of the victims that voted approved the plan. public utilities commission will vote tomorrow. >>> today, some barbershops and hair salons in napa county officially reopened under the first step of phase 3. country cutters was ready to go at 630 sometime this morning. customers ma

what larry kramer and activists did saved countless lives.tually managed to change the approval process for new traechlts a traechl treatments and not just for hiv but for other drugs today. dr. fauci once said there are two eras before larry and one after larry kramer. larry once called me a useless homosexual. i never met him but it hurt because i admired him so much. i went to is he a play he had written and he waited after the performance to see me. he came up to me. i expected him to yell at me but he shook my hand and smiled shyly and said "i've said some terrible things about you, anderson." and i say, "i know larry, and that's okay, i want to thank you o i ." 32 million people have died of aids. you may not have heard of him or liked him but to me he's a hero and now he's gone. the news continues. i'm going to hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime tootime." >> i tell you, i know what he wanted from the media as part of the responsibility and the legacy of responsibility and as an observer of your work for many years, you were part of

kramer later co-founded the a.c.t up movement that campaigned for treatment and civil rights for people living with the disease is working clude see award winning play the normal heart about the early days of the crisis he died of pneumonia on wednesday after enduring illness for much of his life including his own battle with hiv he was aged 84 boeing has restarted production of its 737 next plane more than a year after it was grounded following 2 fatal crashes now the jet hasn't flown commercially in over a year since the ethiopian airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff boeing says low level production of the 3 set 77 next is underway but it still needs to be cleared by regulators before it can fly and it comes on the same day that boeing said it was cutting more than 12000 u.s. jobs because of corona virus. the 1st space flight of nasa astronauts from new s oil in nearly a decade has been perspire own because of bad weather the countdown was stopped around 17 minutes before the space x. falcon 9 rocket was due to lift off from the kennedy space center in florida the next attempt

now the american writer and probably an aids activist larry kramer has died he was a key figure in raising awareness of hate hiv aids in the u.s. when it emerged in the early 1980 s. kramer later co-founded the act up movement that campaign for treatment and civil rights for people living with the disease his works include the award winning play the normal heart about the early days of the crisis he died of pneumonia on wednesday after enduring illness for much of his life including his own battle with hiv he was 84. years are with me the whole rom the reminder of our top stories the u.s. secretary of state has told congress hong kong special status with america should end as it no longer is autonomous from china that comes as beijing prepares to impose a new security law on hong kong which has sparked more protests the number of coronavirus deaths in the united states as of the past 100000 it comes as the country continues to loosen restrictions aimed at stopping the spread of the illness the european commission is calling for a recovery package to help e.u. nations tackle the pandemic fa

he said yesterday losing larry kramer, we lost an american icon. what else have you got?ht, there is a good story. a 13-year-old, 13, from california has become the youngest graduate of a local community college. friends and family held a drive-by bash for jack rico when he graduated about d -- with fo associates degrees. he surpassed every high school standard by 11. he's headed to the university of nevada lake. he loves screenwriting. i don't know if you saw tony's post of him on instagram as a preteen on the way to the viewing of "top gun." at 13, i was reading comic books and was still afraid of girls. i salute jack. >> yeah. >> i'm so proud of you. you've grown up. so nice. listen -- >> a little bit. >> i think it's a planoho ulred mberme plan, tony, to remember jack rico. something tells me he's going to be a household name sooner rather than later. look what he's done at 13. he's only going up. he's just getting started. >> i know. i think you're right, although he probably has a few additional things to learn before he gets to adulthood like how to shave, how to c

as well for more let's use tanya kramer who is standing by for us in jerusalem hi tanya what can we expect from today's proceedings. one standing by to be outside the court prime minister binyamin netanyahu has arrived just some time ago no i mean it's very loud too because there's a demonstration in support of the prime minister just here next to the court what we're expecting today it's the opening of the long awaited trial it's actually the 1st time a sitting prime minister is standing trial and the panel of this 3 judges will read out the charges against the defendants against prime minister netanyahu well if netanyahu is found guilty tanya what what could the sentence actually be. but 1st of all prime minister netanyahu one arriving at the court he has again denied all allegations he said. this is the chinese against him and his family has maintained that during all the time of investigation you know the most serious case is considered to be the case of $4000.00 where it's charged with bribery that could lead to a charge of more than a sentence to more than up to 10 years in the most

correspondent tonya kramer who is at the court where the 1st day of netanyahu has trial in jerusalem has wrapped up tania can you tell us what happened today. yes he said i'm just outside the court and it took about an hour for this long awaited opening of the trial now what has happened today is basically that the panel of 3 judges read out the charges to the defendants so it was a rather technical matter but now it's official that this is the 1st time that a sitting prime minister binyamin netanyahu has gone on trial now if netanyahu is found guilty what kind of sentence could he be facing tanya. well i think you have to say prime minister netanyahu entering the court has said again that he denies all allegations that this is. him and also his family he could face sentences between 3 to 5 years if he is convicted and the most serious charge of course being privately but all of this could take a very very long time this is no the preliminary stage and then it has to go into the evidence and cross-examination so it's expected to take many months and maybe also many years briefly tany

correspondent tonya kramer who is outside the court where the 1st day of netanyahu has trial in jerusalem has wrapped up tania can you tell us what happened today. yes it said i'm just outside the court and it took about an hour for this long awaited opening of the trial now what has happened today is basically that that kind of 3 judges read out the charges to the defendants so it was a rather technical matter but now it's official that this is the 1st time that a sitting prime minister binyamin netanyahu has gone on trial. in your frame or in jerusalem thank you for that update well the new normal is a phrase you hear a lot these days as people adjust to the various ways the pandemic has impacted their daily lives but what does the new normal look like using their mobile phones people are telling us their stories during the pandemic. so netty actually in my name is neera i'm a nurse and i'm working in the new intensive care unit and we were forewarned that it would be like nursing in a war zone we don't even have the basic necessities. the new coronavirus is posing challenges to people

correspondent tonya kramer who is the court with the 1st day of netanyahu is trial in jerusalem has wrapped up tanya can you tell us what happened today. yes it said i'm just outside the court and it took about an hour for this long awaited opening of the trial now what has happened today is basically that the panel of 3 judges read out the charges to the defendants so it was a rather technical matter but now it's official that this is the 1st time that a sitting prime minister binyamin netanyahu has gone on trial. in your frame or in jerusalem thank you for that update muslims around the world have been celebrating edith's the annual festival that marks the end of ramadan but this year celebrations are subdued the coronavirus pandemic means no prayers at the mosque for the faithful no family reunions and no meal together to mark the end of fasting . standing shoulder to shoulder there's little sign of social distancing in this field in pakistan why shippers have come to mark the 1st day of aid despite you'd far as to stay made his a pot. a similar scene in indonesia the world's largest mus

collins and senator rosen, and it has 15 cosponsors -- listen to the names here: senators king, ernst, kramer, coons, blunt, capito, baldwin, wyden, thune, merkley, wicker, carper, and paul. what brings all these senators together? it is not a common ideological belief on many issues. it is because they are looking out for their states and they want to save the lives of people in their states, especially during this pandemic, by allowing doctors who have been trained in the united states of america, who've gotten their degree, who've done their residencies, to be able to stay in our country. today i am asking all my colleagues to support the inclusion in the next piece of legislation that is coming our way that we must pass to address the coronavirus. i've also called on the administration to take action to increase the number of doctors that are here to help fight this pandemic and help alleviate the serious strain this pandemic has placed on our health care system. first, u.s. citizenship and immigration services should resume expedited processing for employment-based visas for doctors. on

kramer himself tested hiv—positive in 1989, and suffered liver damage.f the spacex rocket from florida's famed cape canaveral was years in the making. if successful, it would be the first time a commercial aircraft put people into orbit, bound for the international space station. it's now thought that the spacex rocket will be launched on saturday. before we go, i always thought the prospect of finding treasure hidden in the garden was an exciting one. so imagine how one group of surveyors felt about coming across a roman mosaic floor concealed under an italian vineya rd. after decades of searching, experts in verona finally unearthed the well—preserved tiles buried under tonnes of earth. apparently, scholars first found evidence of a roman villa there more than a century ago. technicians are still excavating the site to see the full extent of the ancient building. quite something, isn't it? you are up to date. thank you for being with us here on bbc news. hello again. wednesday brought us more sunshine across the country. the highest temperature was aga

larry kramer was 84 years old. >>> minneapolis' mayor says he wants charges filed against the policeideo kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed black man who then died in police custody. >> why is the man who killed george floyd not in jail? if you had done it, or i had done it, we would be behind bars right now. >> surveillance video out today shows the first contact officers had with floyd, but it's this video you're seeing now that led to the arrest that has led to angry protests of people gather manage the streets for the second straight day. there has been some damage and looting, however, most protesters are peaceful. president trump said today at his request, the fbi and the department of justice are already investigating. >> they're going look at it and we're going get a report tomorrow when we get back, and we're going get a very full report. but very sad day. >> the four officers involved have been fired. floyd's family now has an attorney and is demanding the officers go to prison. >>> le los angeles. you see there are a crowd of protesters there off to the side of the road.

miriamr: thank you, kramer. this question is for elon or the both.strator, or so this launch has often been referred to as a moment of hope for the nation, but it is also happening at the backdrop of protest and demo stations around the country today. i wonder what you have to say to those people out there protesting. is this lunch for them too? thanks -- is this launch for them too? >> this launch is for all of america. we have had moments in american history where we have had challenges of the nation. 1960's, thinkthe about the vietnam war and the protests. in the 1960's, the civil rights abuses and the civil rights protests. think about the height of the war. yet we had this moment in time, july 20, 1969, when all of america stopped. just stopped because we had american astronauts walking on the surface of the moon. then we repeated that five more times. the apollo program eventually ended. but i think what is great about n.a.s.a. is that we bring people together. everybody loves exploration. and it's not jus

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. >> norah kramer picks up orders from the book store but it is better than nothing. >> very dehumanizing. >> mayor london breed dropped by. >> businesses can apply for a free loading zone permit to make it easier for customers to park. >> don't obstruct traffic. don't double park. be on your best behavior. >> and for some, it is not much of a lifeline. >> six feet away. >> mr. silver steen owns optical underground a family business that has been around since 1911. >> we're excited, certainly to be back, and are many of your other workers here. and there are still some protocols. >> protocols may change again soon. mayor breed says if infection rates stay down, shoppers may be able to go back inside stores, as early as june 1st. in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >> now we've reached the milestone yesterday, it was the first day since march, that there were no deaths reported in seven bay area counties. now, san francisco, here's the graph here, it is a microcosm of what is happening around our region. here are the total number of deaths since the kreis crisis b. it steadily starts to r

. >>> a beloved playwright, larry kramer, has died. outspoken and a fighter, he worked to help the country recognize a.i.d.s. as a national health crisis. a founder of the gay men's health crisis, and the group act up. dr. anthony fauci said he had a heart of gold and made a lot of sense once you got past the rhetoric. he was 84. >>> when we come back, an american tribute. it's why at moment's notice we can take american ingenuity and our manufacturing capability and put it to work. building respirators, ventilators and face shields. building what we've been building for over a century. an unbreakable connection between the ford motor company and america. dear class of 2020 we're still graduating, but it's just not the same you, know? 2020 was supposed to be our year, man. i'm never going to have that last day of class. (exasperated sigh) (laughter) so many goodbyes that didn't get to happen (chatter) that's it... (cheering) that's all i have as a high school student now. ♪ so just believe in the fire inside... ♪ the class of 2020 is s

excellent high end writing and we always turn to it every week for inspiration and ideas now michael kramer while the pandemic may have brought death and economic suffering for sub it is also let the tide out of our collective delusions and we see the ideas that are wearing no sure. like money printing what law is in your opinion have been most exposed so that sure the money printing is one of them but one of the and i haven't written a post about this quite yet but i but i probably will in the future and i haven't even though it's extremely hard and difficult and horrible for a lot of people because people are being abused you know by the government because of the can't a lot of factors as you talk about all the time. but here's the thing i think that while people are fed have been forced at home there's going to be a certain percentage of the population that has just getting a wake up moment and this and they will question you know their lot their lives you know the system all of that stuff is the stuff that you guys did decades ago this is the moment that i had about 12 years ago that ch

and finally the american writer and problem an aids activist larry kramer has died he was a key figure in raising awareness of hiv aids in the u.s. when it emerged in the early ninety's and eighty's later co-founded the act of movement that campaigned the treatment and civil rights of people living with the disease his work seen through the award winning play the normal heart about the early days of the crisis he died of pneumonia on wednesday after enduring illness for much of his life including a battle with he was aged 84. washing up there with the reminder of our top stories the u.s. secretary of state has told congress hong kong special status with america should it's no longer autonomous from china but it comes as beijing prepares to impose a new security law on hong kong which has sparked more protests for treating you has more on china's actions from beijing. they've been very much defending this showing no signs of backing down now i think that really demonstrates this vast disconnect between what beijing thinks and what the people in hong kong want and feel and this latest sa