mark segal, i want to start with you. you were there on the night of june 28, 1969. you were 18 years old. what did you see? >> as an 18-year-old kid, i moved from pyiladelphia, a ci of 1.6 million, to be with my people, in a sense, because we were invisible. that night, like every other ownht, i was walking up and d crystal street and at the end of the night, you would go into the stonewall. ing into the stonewall was a typical night until the lights flickered on and off, andthen they came on full force, at which point, police barged in, slammed people up against the wall, used every kind of profanity you could imagine against us,roughed us up. then they went to people who looked success asked them to take out their wallets and took money from their wallets and put it in their pockets. we had nothing to do because they were the police. what were weoing to do, call the police? one by one, they let us out of the bar. as we were let out of the bar, each time somebody would come out, we would applaud eventually, they wanted to leave flrp only six police officers in the

mark segal was there when it all happened. police barged in.ke they were successful, they went up to them and said take out your wallet, and they took the money. and they didn't care, because that's the way you got to treat gay men and lesbian women in those days. you treated them like trash. it was then the gay people decided to fight back. it was the first time gay people said to police, no, this is our neighbourhood. you aren't going to tell us to get off our street. and we picked up stones, we picked up cans, and threw them. what followed was days of riots and protests. just a year later, america's first gay pride march took place. the whole of new york appears to be celebrating this year's special anniversary. across the city, rainbows are everywhere, and events documenting lgbt rights are happening daily. i'm proud of what happened there. but veterans of that struggle warn there's no room for complacency. with hate crime on the rise in many american cities, they say the lessons of the stonewall riots are as important as ever. ben hunte, b

mark segal was 18 at the time and had arrived in the cityjust a few weeks earlier.ou're seeing ll the rainbow flags on it. what is like to be back here? what was it like that night? just like any other normal night. we were inside, we were having a great time. i was standing in the back, near the dance floor. lights flickered on, then they came on, full force. i looked over to someone and said, "what's happening 7 " they said, very casually, "it's a raid". i had never been in a raid before so i was a little nervous. police barged in and just started pushing people around. and anybody looked like they were successful, they went up to them and said, "take out your wallet" and they took the money. it was, you know, it was out and out graft right in front of everybody‘s face and they did not care because that's the way you got to treat gay men and lesbian women in those days. you treated them like trash. so they cornered me, i went out and i stood about right over there. 0ut here, somewhere between 50 and 100. police tried to disperse us. we would not disperse. it was t

mark segal was 18 at the time and had arrived in the cityjust a few weeks earlier.ng all the the rainbow flags on it. what is like to be back here? it is a sort of emotional. i think of the people who helped educate me, or what we needed to do to create a real movement, to create real equality. what was it like that night? just like any other normal night. we were inside, we were having a great time. i was standing in the back, near the dance floor. lights flickered on, then they came on, full force. i looked over to someone and said, "what's happening ? " they said, very casually, "it's a raid". i had never been in a raid before so i was a little nervous. police barged in and just started pushing people around. and anybody looked like they were successful, they went up to them and said, "take out your wallet" and they took the money. it was, you know, it was out out graft right in front of everybody‘s face and they did not care because that's the way you got to treat gay men and lesbian women in those days. you treated them like trash. so they cornered me, i went o

he reporter: mark segal was 18 years old then. the riot turned into a revolution. s when people ask me, "how long was stonewall?" it was 365 days because that first year we changed america , om the very first day it was "we're going to take back our identity." >> reporter: segal became an activist. in 1973, he interrupted a live broadcast of the cbs evening news with walter cronkite. holding up a poster that read, "gays protest cbs prejudice." >> gay people have the same right to protections. >> reporter: months later, cbs reported on the early gay rights movement. today, most americans see progress in ending discrimination against gays and lesbians, according to a cbs news poll. but nearly half say discrimination still exists. 56% of people polled say there's a lot of discrimination against people who are transgender. sarah kate ellis is c.e.o. of glaad, a gay rights advocacy organization. what is the young gay kid today who lives in missouri to take from this anniversary? >> to see that there are people out there who are fighting for their rights, fighting for th

mark segal was 18 at the time and had arrived in the cityjust a few weeks earlier.ke to be back here? just like any other normal night. we were inside, we were having a great time. i was standing in the back, near the dance floor. lights flickered on, then they came on, full force. i looked over to someone and said, "what's happening ? " they said, very casually, "it's a raid". i had never been in a raid before so i was a little nervous. police barged in and just started pushing people around. and anybody looked like they were successful, they went up to them and said, "take out your wallet" and they took the money. it was, you know, it was out out graft right in front of everybody‘s face and they did not care because that's the way you got to treat gay men and lesbian women in those days. you treated them like trash. so they cornered me, i went out and i stood about right over there. out here, somewhere between 50 and 100. police tried to disperse us. we would not disperse. it was the first time the gay people said to police, "no, this is our neighbourhood, you're

mark segal joins us. you have not seen the autopsy results. is there a likely cause?dehe dominican republic are looking at gas leaks. i think that's unlikely. with rapid on set of respiratory failure is accurate, i think about poison. they never tested the glass. here are some poisons that can cause this. bottulism is one. arsenic. opioids. you could have opioids in a drink like fentanyl and stop breathing. when you see respiratory failure and fluid in the lungs, you think about poison. that has to be ruled out in this situation. it could be a maniac. the u.s. state department pointed out to us there has been 105 homicides of americans in the dominican republic since 2002. this is a cause of death down there. it's something you have to be on the look out for. >> tucker: 105 since 2002. that's not a big island. if that's true, that would be something that the government of dominican republic would not be interested in publicizing. >> absolutely not. and there are others that can cause it as well. they don't want you to know about it. the rapidity of on set is suspiciou

mark segal was there too.ned him into an activist. >> from the very first day we're going to take back our identity. we're nothing longer going to allow society label us. we'll be out loud and proud and in your space. >> reporter: in 1973 segal stormed a live broadcast on cbs with walter cronkite. he held up a sign with a message seen by millions of viewers, but cronkite heard his message. >> the homosexual men and women have organized for acceptance. just recently the nypd commissioner james o'neill apologized to the gay community. >> the actions and laws were diskrimm na toye and oppressive. >> do you remember where you were when you decided to do it? >> i wasn't sure i was going to do it until i got to the podium. i thought, this is going to have to be done. >> reporter: despite the progress, statistics show tolerance for lgbtq americans, particularly among young people, has sharply decreased from 63% in 2016 to 45% last year. sara kate ellis is president of glaad, one of the leading advocacy organizations.

mark segal was 18 at the time and had arrived in the cityjust a few weeks earlier.e that night? just like any other normal night. we were inside, we were having a great time. i was standing in the back, near the dance floor. lights flickered on, then they came on, full force. i looked over to someone and said, "what's happening ? " they said, very casually, "it's a raid". i had never been in a raid before so i was a little nervous. police barged in and just started pushing people around. and anybody looked like they were successful, they went up to them and said, "take out your wallet" and they took the money. it was, you know, it was out and out graft right in front face and they did not care because that's the way you got to treat gay men and lesbian women in those days. you treated them like trash. so they cornered me, i went out and i stood about right over there. out here, somewhere between 50 and 100. police tried to disperse us. we would not disperse. it was the first time the gay people said to police, "no, this is our neighbourhood, you're not going to tell