mark stein? >> one of the things the caller emphasized was religion and the oppressive role played by right religion and the potentially liberating role played by religion. before the stonewall riots, religious retailers were important allies of the lgbt movement along with the american civil liberties union, which was perhaps the most important ally to the pre-stonewall movement. in san francisco, there was an influential council on, which featured ministers who allied with the lgbt activists of that day. they made important, groundbreaking efforts in california. those efforts continued after stonewall. so i think there is a tendency now to think of the religious community as hostile to, or at odds with the lgbt aspirations. but in fact, religious communities are divided. we've had for several decades, religious denominations who are at the forefront of fighting for lgbt inclusion and rights, and others on the forefront and opposing lgbt lid operation. and among the denominations that are hostil

our guest is mark stein. he is the author of a new book that looks back at what happened 50 years ago. we spoke about police officers and police commissioner james o'neill on twitter with this apology for the way officers 50 years ago handled the situation. >> i think it would be irresponsible of me as we go through world pride month to talk about the events at the stonewall inn in june of 1969. i am not going to pretend to be expert on what happened at stonewall. i know what happened should not have happened. the actions taken by the nypd were wrong, plain and simple. the actions and the laws were discriminatory and depressive, and for that i apologize. to the lgbtq community, this would never happen in ny 2019. >> a reaction to that apology from the new york city police commissioner? >> in general terms, i think the apology is a good first step. it is just that. it is a first step. i would like to see similar apologies by the police commissioners of the many cities where lgbtq people were killed in 1969. th

mark stein, what did you think of that?love it because it's the contrary spirit which is absent otherwise in so much of our popular culture. he could have done a monologue about trump and climate change and all of the rest of it. isn't it so much more satisfying sitting in front of that audience to take greta turnberg and harvey weinstein and shove it all down their gullett? 98% of stand up comedy is pandering. you can see it on the late night networks every night. the host is congratulating the audience on holding the correct attitudes. the comedians i like are those who say something they want to say and they don't care of if you find it funny. god bless him. tom hanks and meryl streep were sitting there with stone faces. i wondered if it was one ever these things they rehearsed it. but 3 minutes in, i thought no, no, he will win one for the decaying contrarying spirit. >> tucker: maybe it was the moment where the rest of us realized we could be free if we gave the finger to our tormentors who terrify us. >> absolutely. i

brian: couple's correspondent mark stein.notice of it, i think meghan -- brian you have a rule? >> when you're celebrity it's about yourself and royalty is the opposite. what she's done, for example, the queen is queen of canada and queen of australia, right now australians as we just saw are burning up, 63 canadian citizens were shout-out of the sky by the iranians the other night and heghan and harry are so toned deaf, they think it's the perfect time enough of you burning australians and canadians, let's talk about our self-absorption. steve: what do the people of canada, obviously a big story in london, but they might actually live there for half a year. >> well, the wacky thing was, they are very popular, over 60% of canadians would like prince harry to become governor general which is like the queen's representative. >> while you're there, you might as well have had a job. prince harry served in afghanistan, you to remember he was a high-profile target to the taliban when he was over there. he has a terrific connection

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including by mohammed ben stein that's agnes kalama well earlier jeff bezos tweeted a photo of himself with his fiance unveiling a plaque last october which was marking the one year anniversary of his murder and it had the hash tag jumo glenn collins a former deputy national intelligence officer for transnational threats at the cia and he says yemen's in phone hacking doesn't surprise him. and intelligence officer it sounds like business as usual i'm not surprised at all that that happened i am a bit surprised that n.b.s. himself would allow or the intelligence service would use the head of state's own phone so easily traceable but that they did so doesn't surprise me it's pretty clear it's not that basis is rich that makes him of interest what makes him of interest is that he owns the washington post one of the 3 most influential media newspapers in the united states and therefore with global implications which in seeking truth and i i want to emphasize that the washington post seeks facts it does not engage in a campaign hostile to m.b.'s or saudi arabia it publishes facts and the facts have been damning and harmful to saudi image and operations an