enter ellen degeneres. she tweeted, and deleted, what did she regret? apparently saying this, quote, like so many of you i am angry and i am sad people of color in this country have faced injustice for far too long for things to change things must change, we must commit ourselves to this change with conviction and love. some objected to her use of people of color as a word choice. others thought that she was milk toast. ellen then issued a tearful apology. >> i know i'm not going to say the right thing. i know there are going to be a lot of people who are going to be in disagreement with what i say, but i have a platform and i have a voice and i have always stood for equality. i have always wanted to be the voice for people who felt like they didn't have a voice because i know what that feels like. and maybe you don't agree with how it's coming out but you have to understand it. >> here in philadelphia, inga saffron the pulitzer prize winning architectural critic for the "philadelphia inquirer" wrote a thoughtful essay including this. you can be appalle

and of course ellen degeneres who comes out on the cover of "time," the repercussions. her show was canceled after that, she was seen an death threats, but that was a powerful forward movement. and then you have more shows like "will & grace." even vice president joe biden talked about how "will & grace" got more americans used to the idea of same-sex relationships. we have movies like "brokeback mountain," "modern family," and then caitlyn jenner coming out on the cover of "vanity fair" as a transgender woman. it brought it understanding to the issues that the community was facing. next we walk into the main gallery and see what happened at the stonewall inn. we'll go back to a hot summer night in june of 1969 to greenwich village, the stonewall inn. it wasn't a particularly nice bar. the drinks were watered down. it was run by the mafia, but gay people could come together and socialize and dance together. the stonewall in actually preyed on the gay wall street workers who socialized there. there was sort of a blackmailing ring there, so not the nicest place, but a pla

an ellen degeneres who comes out on time magazine, and the repercussions that a came out of that. her show was canceled, she received death threats. but that moment in time is seen as a powerful moment. a forward movement for the lgbtq. you have shows like will and grace, and even vice president biden spoke about willing grace, as a show to do more you don't get used to americans seeing same sex marriage, and you know they invited the people into their living rooms in this case, and they thought maybe if you don't know gay people in your lives here was. and then we have movies like broke back mountain, modern family a popular sitcom, and caitlin jenner coming out on vanity fair as a transgender woman. these are moments in time that moved attitudes about the movement and had popular understanding to the issues of the lgbtq community in the united states. next we will walk into the main gallery, we are going to see what happened at the stonewall inn in the summer of 1969. let's go back to a hot number hot summer night, we stonewall inn. it wasn't particularly a nice bar, the drinks

then you saw in "philadelphia" tom hanks portrays a man, and of course, ellen degeneres who comes out on the cover of "time" magazine and the repercussions that resulted from that. her show was canceled soon after that. she received death threats because of it, but nonetheless that moment in time is seen as a very powerful moment, forward movement and "will and grace qwest ," and it did more to invite gay people into their living rooms when people might not know gay people in their lives. >> we have movies like "brokeback mountain," "modern family," and of course, caitlin jenner coming out on "vanity fair" magazine. it brought popular understanding to the issues that the lgbtq communities were facing. next we'll walk into the gallery and we'll talk about the stonewall inn in the summer of 1969. we'll go to a hot summer night in 1969 to greenwich village in new york city, the stonewall inn. it wasn't a particularly nice bar, the drinks were watered down and run by the mafia and gay people could come, dance together and socialize. back then it was illegal for gay people to socialize tog

of course, "ellen" degeneres who comes out on the cover ofti "ti" magazine. the repercussions, her show was canceled, she saw death threats but that was seen as a powerful, forward movement for lgtbq rights community. you have more shows like "will & grace" and vice president biden spoke about the tv show "will & grace" to do more to get people used to same-sex marriage than anything else. in that event they invited day people into their living rooms in cases they felt people might not know gay people in their lives. from "will & grace," we have movies like "brokeback mountain," "modern family," hugely popular sitcom. of course, caitlyn jenner coming out as transgender woman on the cover. these moved attitudes about the movement, brought understanding to the issues the lgtbq community was facing. next we're going to walk into the main gallery and see what happened to the stonewall inn in the summer of 1969. now we're going to go back to a hot summer night in june of 1969 to greenspan itch village in new york city, stonewall inn. stonewall inn wasn't a particu

reporter: after more than three million people signed an online petition and celebrities from ellen degeneres to alyssa milano called attention to the story, the governor has appointed the state's attorney general as a special prosecutor in the case. >> too little, too late -- >> reporter: elijah's mother -- >> bullies with badges caught him off guard and brutalized him on camera. >> reporter: mcclain was a 23-year-old massage therapist. his mother says he was just going to the store to get iced tea. >> what we know from experiences, police do not police their own. district attorneys do not police the police. and elected officials shouldn't have to wait until they receive massive public outcry to simply do their jobs. >> reporter: do you think that there would be renewed interest in this case if not for the death of george floyd? >> the george floyd case made it apparent that it was going to keep continuing. it wasn't going to stop. no, it wasn't just something that was an isolated incident in colorado. >> reporter: gabe gutierrez reporting there. the union representing the three officers cou

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. >> reporter: now more than 3 million people signed an online petition and celebrities from ellen degeneresyssa milano called attention to the story, the governor pointed the state's attorney general as a special prosecutor in the case. >> too little too late. >> reporter: this is elijah's mother. >> big bullies caught him off guard and brutalized him on camera. >> reporter: mcclain was a 23-year-old massage therapist. his mother said he was just going to the store to get ice tea. do you think there would be renewed interest in this case if not the death of george floyd? >> the george floyd case made it apparent it was going to keep continuing, it wasn't going to stop. it wasn't just something that was an isolated incident in colorado. >> reporter: the union representing the three officers could not be reached for comment. aurora's mayor has now called the special council session for next month to determine whether the city should hire an independent investigator. and stephanie, more protests and rallies are scheduled in the coming days. back to you. >> gabe, thank you. >>> joining us now,

ellen degeneres. >> i have a platform and i have a voice, and i have always stood for equality. >> reportergeorge clooney penning an op-ed for "the daily beast" writing that anti-black racism is quote our pandemic, it infects all of us, in 400 years we've yet to find a vaccine. lizzo is thanking those who are using their platforms and issuing another call to action. >> to all the influential people who have spoken up, thank you so much for your allyship and your support. protest is the beginning of progress, not the end of it. and now that the protesters have everyone's attention, what are the next steps that we're going to take to make sure that we're actually moving forward? >> as the music industry participates in its "the show must be paused" movement today, your own instagram feed might look different as well. celebrities across all industries are blacking out their feeds along with #blacklivesmatter. >> mona saw on her feed as well. >> i was scrolling and everything is blacked out. a lot of show of solidarity. a strong show of solidarity. across america, business owners are figuring t

you know, that's really not their role >> reporter: ellen degeneres simply writing, historic >> thankfor all the support. >> reporter: amy stevens, a transgender woman was among the three people whose lawsuits were considered by the court. we spoke with her earlier this year your life is what they are talking about in the supreme court of this country. >> it is my life but it's also a lot of other people's lives >> reporter: last month the 59-year-old passed away after a long fight with kidney disease her legacy, a permanent place in the country's history. in a statement amy stevens' wife said she is grateful for this victory. that her wife amy fought this legal battle for seven years and even as her health declined she continued on she didn't want anyone to have to go through what she did savannah >> all right stephanie, thank you so much and gerald bostock one of the lead plaintiffs in that case is with us now. good morning to you. >> hi, good morning. >> well, what was your reaction? the supreme court comes down a 6-3 decision written by one of the court's conservatives. were you s

savannah and hoda, today's special guests on the "ellen degeneres show." don't know. what day is it, hoda >> i don't know. i heard it was thursday. >> it was a -- yeah, it was a few weeks ago. it was really fun. it's fun to catch up with ellen. she's working from home, too you know, we did it virtually. >> best part about that, savannah, and she can't prank you like the one time. >> no frogs. >> that's right. >> no business. >> no frogs chasing me around the studio. >> thinking she would haveould n gotten feldy in on it. >> i know. oh, my gosh, i got a little frightened thinking about it. >> that's later today. check your local listings for "ellen." >>> every day is a good day for tacos. you'll want them for dinner after you see what the top chef finalists are whipping up. they'll share their recipes. we'll get a sneak peek at tonight's finale. >> awesome taco thursday. >>> speak of big events tonight, hoda, you're joining some of the biggest names in sports. you'll celebrate the hardest working high school athletes tell us about it. >> "usa today," the hi