so is caitlyn jenner.million bucks, literally looks like a million bucks. she looks incredible because she's on the cover of a glossy magazine where everyone looks incredible because they've all in a hollywood cocoon of some kind. they're living on the streets where there is violence, where they are clocked, where they are harassed. >> and let's just say, where they stick out. this is also an important point. the very fact that you could look at that cover like those people did and say oh, that's a woman. there's lots of people who have a heavy eye and they don't conform. >> also, there's a backlash to the larger lgbt quality. there's a backlash to marriage equality. it's playing out on the streets. we've seen gay bashing explode in new york and washington state, both places after marriage equality. the people experiencing that are the more marginalized, which are transgender women of color in particular on the streets. so we have to be aware of that. >> but i think there is a connect -- i mean, i don't th

bob: caitlyn jenner. kendall jenner is one of the daughters.ark: are they worried that they are going to get caitlyn jenner 's endorsement? bob: ben carson was asked about this on the campaign trail. he did not seem to know who they were. they don't want to talk about it at all. mark: in the end, is this thing stay hot in this context the presidential cycle and in talk radio or does it and is the -- end as the weekend comes? bob: this is not ending. you have all of the rights in the republicans, they are on edge about the supreme court decision on same sex marriage and they ought with the religious liberty battle in indiana, arkansas, elsewhere that the fight that this summer was going to be legal. now, they see caitlin jenner as a cultural touchdown. -- caitlyn they don't understand how to move forward strategically when something becomes cultural rather than a legislative or legal battle. campbell: some of them were hoping, the supreme court could put this to rest, and they wouldn't have to talk about it anymore. this sort of opens it up in a

now caitlyn jenner showing a new look on the cover of "vanity fair." ation back in april when bruce jenner identified for the first time as a transgender woman. bruce jenner is arguably the world's most famous transgender person. at that time, he still wanted to be referred to as bruce and male pronou pronouns. this announcement is a big change, because it literally says call me kacaitlyn. now revealing a new face, a new name, and of course new social media accounts to go along with it. caitlyn jenner introduced new facebook, twitter and instagram accounts on monday, and within hours, had more than a million followers on twitter. that is the fastest time anyone's gotten to a million followers on twitter. yes, the u.s. president has nothing on caitlyn jenner. this is one of a series of milestones as this transformation happens in a very public way. the next step after this may be a big acceptance speech on a big stage, espn's annual award show. we found out caitlyn jenner will be presented with the arthur ash courage award. then after that, a reality sho

it through because caitlyn jenner made it through. and because she made this finest living sense today. "first look" is up next. >> it's tuesday, june second. right now on "first look," security nation. today our government will change the way the national security agency protects us and undercover operation finds tsa agents at airports failed to stop weapons smuggling attempts. we have new details surrounding caitlyn jenner. the extreme weather and the impact it's having on people in its path. >> thanks so much for joining us today. the battle over collecting your phone records could play out in a senate show down today. they have scheduled a procedural vote on whether to reauthorize some of the programs that expired sunday night. tracie potts is live for us. do you think lawmakers will come to an agreement? >> it's possible but the thing they're dealing with is the nsa has already been collecting these phone records, so there's got to be some transition time for that program to wind down if they're going to turn it over to the phone

caitlyn jenner stepping out for the first time. new details on the successful transition of the olympic champion. >> bruce always had to tell a lie. caitlyn doesn't have any secrets. i'm free. >> new foes and details from the insider who was by her side all this time. >>> and the high school graduating class that brought the funk. and brought the house down. ♪ dancing their way to their diplomas. was this the best graduation ceremony ever? >>> we do say good morning, america, on this tuesday morning. we can't wait to meet those incredible kids in just a moment. but, what everybody is talking about, caitlyn jenner and those photographs in vanity fair 1 million twitter followers in four hours and this morning closing in on 2 million. >> you can't take your eyes off those pictures. >>> but first, we have to get to this breaking news dramatic images of a passenger cruise ship capsized. it was hit by strong winds and heavy rains byfrom a sighcyclone. the captain of the ship has been arrested. >> reporter: incredible scenes on the yangtze

caitlyn jenner's first public appearance as caitlyn jenner formerly known as bruce jenner on the cover of "vanity fair." we'll talk about that. we'll start with the story you'll not see anywhere else. it deals with a hospital in florida, it touches directly on a universal question. how much do you really know about whether the medical professionals who treat you or someone you love are actually good at their jobs? it's an important question. tonight's report focuses on a hospital doing some of the most delicate and difficult surgeries there is on babies. pediatric open heart surgeries going terribly wrong. state health officials known about some of these problems for years. parents have not. they want to know why they haven't and why the hospital's surgery program is still permitted to continue. elizabeth cohen tonight keeping them honest. >> just weeks into life, this tiny baby needed heart surgery. here at st. mary's medical center in florida. dr. michael black performed the delicate procedure to widen leila's narrow aorta, a defect she had since birth. >> he just made it seem like h

caitlyn jenner is now running a caitlyn jenner business. >> that is right. a good way to put it. nd jenners. it is family and business at the same time. >> let's talk about the family. his sons from his two first marriages will not participate in the reality show. what about the -- from the article, you get the sense it will be difficult and messy with the family. >> the family is careful and smart about showing support and they are wrapping their arms around caitlyn and supporting her. we saw kim and khloe talk about that. this reality show will be just caitlyn and not about the family. >> said he was disappointed by that. >> i have to say it. the remarkable thing is the complications with the family have very little to do with gender transformation and how messed up the jenner and kardashian families have been over the decades. >> because it is an empire and complicated relationships. i wonder if i'm a kardashian daughter and maybe they don't want to be on caitlyn's show because they have their own show. there are those complications that we don't think about. >> we say she trum

kennedy: yes, caitlyn jenner. >> caitlyn jenner's issue is not about marriage it is about gender. kennedy: they are talking lgbt . >> that acronym traveled in a pacronyn . >> i like that. kennedy: thank you. >> down you think that caitlyn jenner would be a great vice president. >> if rick santorum was president, yes. >> he defended her. >> he looks like a creep, he probably is a creep, him and what are these more and more candidates we get shows how disillusions and disconnected. >> she is getting the transgender vote. kennedy: the transgender hawk it really is. a very narrow but important vote. >> do you think he would have been as welcoming and would g.o.p. has been as welcoming had caitlyn jenner said i am a democrat? >> i think so, i don't think his party matters on this i think that g.o.p. needs they know they need to broaden their tent, they are not out to isolate. >> that is why they are so welcoming for caitlyn jenner. and rush bum law. kennedy: >pro life -- forgetting they hal conservative base that is out there,. kennedy: they have a vocal conservative base. i don't thin

the big reveal of caitlyn jenner. s on the july cover of "vanity fair" magazine the cover model normal early known pass bruce jenner wearing make-up with long flowing hair two months after this interview with diane sawyer. >> are you a woman? >> yes, for all intents and purposes i am a woman. >> caitlyn saying i am happy after a long struggle to be living my true self. welcome to the world, caitlyn, can't wait for you to get to know her/me. and for decades this is how the world knew bruce jenner the olympic gold winner athlete. >> i should probably be on the golf course. >> in this video, bruce seems to have vanished. >> bruce always had to tell a lie. he was always living that life. caitlyn doesn't have secrets. >> and kim kardashian writing how beautiful. >> and this magazine cover will go down in history as one of the most iconic covers we will see in our lifetime. i think it will be the difficult to find a copy of "vanity fair" on the magazine stand this week. >> stoeshl -- social media responding. twittering, brea

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caitlyn jenner debuts on the cover of july's "vanity fair" magazine. inside is an interview and more photos taken by photographer annie leibovitz. the 65-year-old jenner also created a new twitter account. writing welcome to the world caitlyn, can't wait for you to get to know her/me. social media exploded. caitlyn jenner collected more than 1 million formers in just an hour. jenner was famed as an olympic field and track champion in the '70s and was even featured on a wheaties cereal box. he announced in april he was transgender and would identify as a woman. >> it brings increased visibility. it shows that somebody who was on the wheaties box maybe when they were growing up can be transgender. >> everyone has been so supportive and so amazing, i think all we can ask for is kindness. and we felt that. >> reporter: for the past several years, jenner has appeared on the cable reality series "keeping up with the kardashians" alongside then wife kris kardashian but they divorced last year. she has no regrets saying if i was like on my deathbed and i kept a

one is who is caitlyn formerly known as bruce jenner? the second is -- deals with how individuals feel about the method by which the process has been -- has going on and to what extent they are comfortable with that in terms of the publicity and the hoopla associated with it. >> let's talk about everything that's associated with it. because, mark i want to know your reaction to the article and your reaction to the first photo of caitlyn on the cover. because many people are concerned it may be a circus because reality television is involved. she's so glammed up on the cover. what was your reaction? >> i had two reactions. the first one, this is beautiful, this is wonderful, this is a powerful moment not just for the trans community, but for the entire world, that we can say a transbody on a cover like that, it's a testimony to how far we've come. my problem is that it still played into how beautiful she was. she's not like a woman. she is a woman. a lot of the adoration is because she con forms to a certain body image. the fact that she

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here is my feeling about the reaction of caitlyn jenner.y by the perception. i think there's rules that you use the pronoun a person wants to use. yet i can't help but feel that there's a gap between that and what is happening, for instance in, like -- in your neck of the woods. seriously, right? >> the locker room. >> in locker rooms, right? what is locker room conversation and the world in sports obviously. >> the clip. the clip that you showed is kind of closer to what kind of is really happening in sort of a lot of houses particularly in the locker room for my generation who grew up covering caitlyn when he was bruce, when she was bruce. it's quite a big transformation but they're the new rules here. these are the new rules. she is caitlyn. transgender is the law -- not the law of the land but it's the rule. >> the way you're talking about this is talking about, like someone who showed up one day and like the king issued a new decree and you're just like well, that's the -- >> this is a new team. >> i feel like people's receptions are i

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also interesting, hello caitlyn jen jenner. the former bruce jenner is talking gender transition and living freely. the new caitlyn jenner twitter handle drew more than 1 million followers in a matter of hours. that beat the record set by president obama who responded by tweeting it takes courage to share your story. caitlyn has sent three tweets so far. >> the pictures are lovely. it is an interesting thing how her family is coming around and learning and introduced to a new person. >> the family is complicated to begin with. you add this and this is a difficult transition for any family. it is a really great article. >>> 13 minutes after the hour. severe storms pounding the east coast this morning. it is raining hard and has been for days now. flash flood fears up and down the coast. we will show you the damage and talk about what is coming this morning. >>> as texas and oklahoma finally start drying out, the east coast is getting its turn for severe weather. from florida to jersey with high winds and funnel clouds and flash

meet caitlyn jenner. elong struggle with gender identity, the real jenner emerges. >> caitlyn doesn't have any secrets. >> her family showing their love and full support as the world says hello to caitlyn on this tuesday, june 2nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> all right. tuesday, right? it's tuesday. had to ask. lookie, what have we got here? kayna whitworth. >> you look so excited to have me. >> we're just getting started. my excitement builds throughout the morning. >> when we saw her last, she was the bachelorette. now she's the what? >> i'm a married lady. >> a married lady. >> she ran off left us to go get married. >> thank you, jack. marriage should still be applauded in this country. >> absolutely. >> as enthusiastically as that, jack. >> good to have you back. >> it's so good to be here. i definitely brought my rain jacket. i was glad i did that. >> that was necessary. she's going to be with us all week. rain i'm sure last time you were here, we were probably talking ab

there. >>> after weeks of speculation over what her name would be and what she would like like, caitlyn jenner formerly known as bruce jenner made her debut in a big way on the cover of "vanity fair". she opens up on what it took to get to this point. nbc's stephanie gosk has our report. >> as soon as the "vanity fair" cover comes out, i'm free. >> reporter: once bruce jenner, now caitlyn jenner described the relief she would feel today in this behind-the-scenes video. >> bruce always had to tell a lie. he was always living that lie. >> reporter: there is no lie anymore. in the article jenner says, if i was lying on my death bed and had kept this secret and never did anything about it, i would be lying there saying you just blew your entire life. caitlyn jenner tweeted for the first time. i'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. welcome to the world caitlyn. can't wait for you to get to know her/me. within hours jenner had a million followers breaking a twitter record. >> i worked out a lot, ate a lot of wheaties. >> reporter: more than a few suggested wheaties should

jenner shot by annie leibowitz [whistle] is in a glamorous pin-up style photo to simply call me caitlyn. jenner'sho tweeted, it takes courage to share your story. jennerer said of the public transition i'm happy after a long struggle to be living my true self. welcome to the world, caitlyn. can't wait for you to get to me her/me. there is certainly a lot to celebrate at caitlyn's getting to the know you party. people who never gave much thought to gender identity arer considering a construct more complicated than a masculine/feminine binary. more importantly reaching the tipping point opened up space for the humanity of trans gender people to be seen. as laverne cox reminds us on her tumbler this week that means looking beyond the glossy cover writing most trans folks don't have the privileges caitlyn and i have. we must continue to lift them up, get them access to health care, jobs housing, safe streets, safe schools and homes for young paem. we must lift up the stories of those most at risk. statistically trans people of color who are poor and working class. cox's point that we constitutionalit

call me caitlyn with a portrait by annie lebowitz. bruce jenner went to the surgeon's office in beverly hills thinking the facial feminization surgery would take about five hours. caitlyn left the office in beverly hills after the procedure had taken roughly ten hours n. a video on "vanity fair's" website caitlyn jenner described her thoughts the. >> i was running a way from a lot of things. very, very proud of the accomplishment. i don't want to diminish the accomplishment. the last few days doing the shoot was about my life and who i am as a person. bruce always had to tell a lie. he was always living that lie every day. he always had a secret from morning until night. caitlyn doesn't have any secrets. as soon as the "vanity fair" cover comes out, i'm free. >> caitlyn jenner's first tweet, i'm so happy after such a long struggle, to be living my true self. can't wait for you to get to know her/me. caitlyn jenner has 1 million followers. she became the fastest twitter follower even faster than president obama. today ushered in the next chapter of

as soon as the "vanity fair" cover comes out, i'm free. >> caitlyn jenner's first tweet, i'm so happy after such a long struggle, to be living my true self. welcome to the world, caitlyn. can't wait for you to get to know her/me. caitlyn jenner has 1 million followers on her newly established twitter handle. earlier today she became the fastest twitter follower to each one million, faster than even president obama. today ushered in the next chapter of the transition of the olympic gold medal superstar and reality tv staple who has been known as bruce jenner. he first publicly announced he was in the process of transitioning to a woman in an interview with diane sawyer broadcast april 24th. >> i look at it this way. bruce always telling a lie. he's lived the lie his whole life about who he is. and i can't do that any longer. >> are you a woman? >> yes, for all intents and purposes, i am a woman. >> now with this first public photograph as caitlyn jenner has become the most famous transgender person to go through a transition in the public eye in history. indicate -- caitlyn jenner will

caitlyn jenner is in the spotlight. how hard or what are the challenges for caitlyn jenner when she's out and about? >> well being misgendered, being called "sir," people judge you based on how you look. and being passable and presenting the way caitlyn is right now. she's going to receive less criticism, less violence. there's this cultural war almost against transgender people. and there's no front line, there's no battlefield. there's nobody to aim at. it's a rescue mission. and when you have someone of the car star caliber as bruce, now caitlyn jenner coming out, it moves the conversation forward, that we are part of you, we come from you. and it costs less to treat this condition than not to. and we have a large gap between where we are and where we need to be. i've seen a lot of great progress in terms -- legislatively moving the conversation for the removal of the health insurance exclusion out of contracts in california the eeoc including us in the 1964 civil rights act under sex discrimination. and having bruce

ellen degeneres wrote my hope for the world is that we can all be as brave as caitlyn jenner. being part of all of our lives and using your platform to change people's mind. and jenner's step daughter tweeted, be happy, be proud. live life your way. i'm seeing a lot of positive signs online. is this a turning point in your mind? >> well i hope so. that sort of celebrity attention can really make a difference and help galvanize. they're just like everyone else. they need employment and not be discriminated against and be able to live their lives. >> let me thank you both of you for your time. >>> still ahead, as the mandatory debate heats up we'll hear from a woman granted clemency. and what a letter from the president means to her. >>> also a year after a crash that nearly took his life. tracy morgan speaks out in an emotional interview. and his future as a comedian is discussed. please stay with us. you wouldn't take medicine without checking the side effects. hey honey. huh. the good news is my hypertension is gone. so why would you invest without checking brokercheck? check

jenner. >> caitlyn doesn't have any secrets. as soon as the "vanity fair" cover comes out, i'm free. >> her revealing new interview about surgery and second thoughts. >>> and return to "snl." for the first time since the crash that nearly killed him, tracy morgan goes back to the place where it all started. opening up to matt lauer about the accident, his health, and wanting to make people laugh again. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news." reporting tonight, lester holt. >> good evening. we begin with an alarming lapse involving those charged with protecting the planes we fly on. for anyone whose had their luggage searched over a bottle of water, a draft from the homeland security inspector general today may come as a shock. that tsa checkpoint screeners failed miserably at detecting concealed explosives and weapons. tonight the agency is under orders to immediately plug security holes after undercover testers exposed shocking gaps at dozens of ai

living the lie. >> reporter: caitlyn jenner talking about bruce jenner opening up about her transition during the two day photo shoot for "vanity fair's" july cover. >> caitlyn doesn't have any secrets. as soon as the "vanity fair" cover comes out. i'm free. >> reporter: this is the cover caitlyn is talking about. a very different cover than bruce jenner's 1982 "playgirl" we last saw bruce back in april when he sat down with abc's diane sawyer his last interview as a man. >> my brain is much more female than it is male. hard for people to understand that. but that's what my soul is. >> reporter: bruce had been taking hormones had his body hair removed, his nose fixed and trachea shaved. but it was his facial feminization surgery in march says "vanity fair" that completed the transition and caitlyn's new look. >> i was probably at the games because i was running away from a lot of things. very, very, proud of the accomplishment. i don't want to diminish that accomplishment. >> reporter: that accomplishment landed bruce jenner in the history book here, broke the world record winning the

we have new insight now phone caitlyn jenner's sex change from the olympic gold medalist known as brucealist who wrote about caitlyn's transgender experience for "vanity fair" speaking to cnn. >> the contributing editor researched and wrote the 12,000 word article and told anderson cooper he thinks j s jenner is happier living life as a woman. you spent hundred of hours with bruce genre, a lot of time with caitlyn, are they different? do they seem different? obviously in terms of appearance, obviously. >> yeah, they're very different in appearance, obviously. they do seem different. it's a work in progress in the sense of we are getting to know caitlyn. caitlyn is just getting to know herself. the difference i see is caitlyn is having more fun in life. bruce don't have much fun in life, last 10, 15 years, had no fun in life. was lonely and alone. and not really motivated in the shadows of the kardashian family. caitlyn seems very emotionally connected. reaching out to the, so-called jenner kids more than ever before. happy, alive. and learning to listen and learning about empathy which

there aren't many willing to comment on caitlyn jenner. perhaps surprisingly was rick santorum and what he said was even more surprising. asked about jenner's gender change he says if he's a woman, then he's a woman. my responsibility as a human being is to love and accept everybody, not to criticize people for who they are. santorum later expanded on his position. let's listen. >> if bruce jenner says he's a woman, then i'm not going to argue with him. i know -- i know what anatomically and biologically he is and that doesn't change by himself identifying himself. i mean you know his genetics and dna isn't changing but out of respect i'm not going to -- i'm not to -- i'm not going to argue whether bruce jenner is a woman. with bruce jenner i'll treat him with dignity and respect and that's what i said. >> let me go to matt. what is the role? gregory says it's not a large role. what role do the voices that we were hearing and have been hearing about the jenner new identity, what do they tell us about the state culturally of the republican p

we start with caitlyn jenner. >> absolutely.an formerly known as bruce, made her debut on the cover of vanity fair revealing here name for the first time. the magazine also released a behind the screens video of this two-day photo shoot with the photographer annie. you can hear caitlyn talking about her transition. >> bruce always had to tell a lie, he was always living that lie, every day, he always had a secret from morning till night. caitlyn doesn't have any secrets. as soon as the vanity fair cover comes out, i'm free. >> you can see more photos from the shoot in vanity fair's july issue. >> caitlyn also joined twitter shortly after the cover was released. saying i'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. >> she became the fastest person to reach a million follows on twitterer doing it in about four hours. reaction poured in from around the world. including the account run by the president's staff. saying it takes courage to share your story. >> and also, lady gaga. >>> modern family's jesse tyler fe

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the first photo of caitlyn jenner.he first time jenner is speaking since completing his gender transition. caitlyn jenner tweeted this saying, quote, i'm so happy after such a long struggle to be living my true self. welcome to the world, caitlyn. can't wait for you to get to know her or me. espn also announced today that jenner will be this year's recipient of the arthur ashe courage award it at the espys. david, jennice and eugene. i want you to start. it's a she now and we're instructed by people who care in the lbgt community to do it right and i'm going to do it right. >> thank you. >> we identify people's identity and it's a world that opens up finding yourself in a way people haven't been able to before. >> who are we to judge, to quote pope francis . he's being honest. his only problem is with his own family. he has taken the time to talk to his family. he has young children probably having a harder time than the older children. this is a lesson for all especially for a community we're not familiar with. if you

. >> as soon as the vanity fair cover comes out, i'm free. >> reporter: once bruce jenner now caitlyn jenner described the relief she would feel. >> bruce always had to tell a lie. he was always living that lie. >> reporter: there is no high anymore. in the article jenner says if i was lying on my death bed and had kept this secret and never did anything about it i would be lying there saying you just blew your entire life. caitlyn jenner tweeted for the first time. i am so happen after such a long struggle to be living my true self-. welcome to the world caitlyn. can't wait for you to get to know her/me. she broke a twitter record. >> i worked out a lot. >> reporter: more than a few on social media suggested wheaties should put the decathlete back on the box. >> while we see this increased media interest in transgender people, we have a long way to go in terms of making the world a safe place for them. >> reporter: the article described jenner's doubt after facial reconstruction surgery asking what did i just do but the feeling passed. she said she was close to suicidal after reports of pos

caitlyn jenner caitlyn jenner - still twitter record as the first person to reach a million followersrter:the insider's louis aguirre has more from los angeles. pam, caitlyn tweeted, "another jenner world record, >> reporter:at 65! who'da thought." >> reporter:and, who would have thought that at 65, >> reporter: >> reporter:and with a size 13 shoe, >> reporter:caitlyn could be turning a transgender tipping point into a tidal wave, >> reporter:redefining beauty on her own terms. lb: everyone's buzzing about caitlyn jenner of course. what'd you think of the spread? >>kw: i thought it was great. caitlyn doesn't have any secrets / i'm free >>i loved bruce and i still love bruce and i'm going to learn to love caitlyn >> reporter:caitlyn inner circle: son-in-law kanye and godmother to her youngest girls, kathie lee gifford, joins millions around the world in embracing this new glamorous addition to the transgender community. taraji h: beautiful and bold. that's all i can say. just bold, bold, a hero, >> reporter:empire star taraji p. henson joined kim and kanye at the cfda fashion awards. >

the arthur ash courage award. >> i wish caitlyn jenner all the peace and happiness in the worldng the arthur ash award to caitlyn jenner is just a krascrass exploitation play. >> he says they could have found someone who was actively involved in sports who would have been deserving of what that award meant. >> hatfield who is gavey says he admired jenner's courage. >> she's amazing. >>> out in los angeles, a serious case of road rage. you watch it here. two men in two cars first getting out and exchanging words. then things escalate. one man nearly hit by a van. and a few seconds later the guy jumps in the car. he speeds off before others could jump in. so far no charges on this case. in florida an amazing rescue. a tv news crew caught it a car on fire after the driver lost control and hit some trees. the state trooper jumped into action punched out the passenger window and got the driver out. it turned out the man shouldn't have been driving. he had numerous arrests for driving on a suspended or revoked license. >> there's a reason. you're not a very good driver. you should pro

but caitlyn jenner for president. bring in on. if you want to a popular republican in the white house. [laughter] we know how much republicans speaking and love ronald reagan but republicans are in trouble if they plan to use them to inspire the young voters because believe better not to ronald reagan left the white house ted years before this elections youngblood was born. young people don't know whom ronald reagan is they also don't know the show different strokes. it is a national shame. how important is reagan? >> he is. also this is the most millennial topic i have never discussed. but i don't remember at. [laughter] >> i don't even know you. >> it is ridiculous. gallup did a poll asking who was the greatest president and ronald reagan won. and they don't know who he is. he had good lessons about communicating on a conservative message. but the republicans mentioning him 47 times in every speech takes away from the message it. kennedy: every candidate it does not matter they have to prove they are the embodiment of ronald rea

setting records is something she and caitlyn jenner have in common but jenner said that she is now a much better person than bruce ever was. >> bruce always had to tell a lie he was always living that lie every day, he always had a secret. from orange until night. >> award winning journalist profiled the piece on jenner and spoke to robin roberts. >> try to cog out in the unanimous 88 he would have been vilified 25 years ago, vilified with no work, nothing. so he really did have to wait and he wanted to wait until his two youngest daughters were old enough to understand. >> despite waiting decades jenner still had doubts. >> this is a point of no return you cannot take back the plastic surgery and it is in the story, what if i made a mistake? what if this really isn't what i have wanted all my life? what do i do? show had a panic attack. >> she met a counselor who helped. the personal journey will open doors for trans gender people every y. >> it is about tolerance. let people be who they want to be. >> jenner is being hailed as a trailblazer and will make her first public appearance

mom said she met caitlyn jenner. we'll continue to call him bruce.her and i named him bruce. >>> now, would you like to see something a little bit scary on your way to work. oh, you can't really see it. i need to move. i need to move. it's exactly what plenty of people in london saw on their monday morning commute. >> yes, that's a dead t-rex. it's a life-sized model of a t-rex. under that white sheet it was made to look like it had been freshly killed, it was on its way to the autopsy. >> it was meant to drum up some publicity. the model will be disect as part of a national geographic documentary. >> great promotion. >>> finally, quite a mess, a colorful mess being made on a highway in russia, the color is yellow. >> can you tell? how did you crack that code? that truck crashed into another truck, the collision leaving it covered in paint. clearly unfortunate. the driver basically helpless and covered in yellow. our producer thinks it's like a lego guy. >> supposed to be used for road markings. it marked the road. lot of it on the road. didn't creat

it was 10 million people googled bruce caitlyn jenner since "vanity fair." ink of magazine subscriptions or purchases but cable ratings they got a new show coming out later this month, starring jenner and the "new york post," estimated interchanger will make $500 million from appearances in the media. this is a big media moment and event. i have compassion and empathy for anyone going through a difficult transition and imat not sure if it is mental health or whatever. >> it is a big civil rights issue and movement? >>> you go into russia or the muslim countries and these people are imprisoned but beaten and tortured and no tolerance whatever and in the united states we know about bullying that takes place especially for minority people who are going through these issues so i have understanding. i don't know if u.s....everyone should have their rights protected. should it be forced and should people be call bigots because they have trouble with it? i would be a hypocrite if i said why is questions and i am puzzle asked that is why so many are googling caitlyn