of the castro theater for the first time since the pandemic and tomorrow morning's brunch with gary virginiaand -- is still on, just virtually this year. the second annual people's march will happen sunday in the tenderloin and had to city hall. dolores park, it was smiles all around as the community came back together. >> this is absolutely phenomenal. this is, this is family reunion. >> we are here, we are happy. the main goal is come you know, get out and say no to everybody that we are trans and proud to be trans. >> on castro street, table space and parkland is already becoming a hot commodity. >> everybody has had a really hard year and a few dollars can go a long way in making sure that we all return better than ever for next year's pride. >> as the pie 2022, the party preparations are already on. >> it is going to be absolutely live. >> better make those hotel reservations right now for next year. as for other events, there are a lot of underground pop up events that will happen all weekend. not a lot set in stone, people still rolling back into this. role relatively cautiously as we

gary virginia and donna sachet, two leaders in our community, started the pride brunch back in, agains a benefit, fundraiser for the organization now known as prc, and prc is a service providing organization. they provide all sorts of assistance to those in need from the lgbtq community as well as beyond. so, this pride brunch is an opportunity for us to meet the marshall, the grand marshals of the pride parade during years we had the parade . this year, we don't have a parade, but we have marshals. we always enjoy meeting them at the pride brunch. that is one i very much look forward too. that is tomorrow, in fact, and it will be a virtual event this year, and you can still become part of that by going to prcsf.com/pride2021 one dion. should i keep going on? >> why do we circle back to you because i want to get to everything we are going to talk about. jen, the mayor spoke about city funds being allocated to the lgbtq community, along with some exciting initiatives. can you touch upon any of those coming up? >> absolutely, the one that struck so many of us was allocated in the budget

for well over 20 years, he and his wife and his children have lived in northern virginia. garya former president of the bull run civil war roundtable, and a charter member of the kearns town battlefield association. if time permits during the q&a session, i have a battery of backup questions related not only to blackjack logan, but also to gary's research interests. gary: thank you for the introduction. thank you for taking time out of your busy days to listen to a very -- the life of an extraordinary person. i don't have an elaborate slideshow. i would just have the information speak for itself. there is some quite dazzling information. i will take us back 135 years ago. we go back to friday night, june 12, 1885. within d.c. today you have 36 roundabouts. we call them circles. most have statues in the middle. back in the 1880's they did not. the only one today that has -- that is in all residential circle in the downtown area is called logan circle. we will go to that circle. back then in 1885, it was called iowa circle. it was an all residential neighborhood back then as it w

gary tuchman has more. >> three west virginia democrats asked about their democratic u.s. senator.this time how do you think senator manchin is doing for this state, the country, the democratic party? >> i would give him a 2. >> i would also give him a 2. >> also a 2. >> those 2s are particularly notable because these aren't just any democrats but county democratic leaders. shane is the chair of the county west virginia democratic party. >> he did vote for the american rescue plan so i am willing to bump it up from 1 to 2 for that. >> rachel burn is the first vice chair of the county democratic party >> i think he is in the way that he has been going about legislation right now, he is not good for the progress of our country. >> ariana is the president of the college democrats of west virginia and says she used to be a page for senator manchin. >> i think that young people like myself want to see congress take some action. while the democrats have control. he is very much in the way. >> i speak to the resolution. >> reporter: all of them offended their fellow democrat won't back th