that's why it's difficult to fight on a national level. they are trying to win it through surruptitious means y. are children expelled or suspended for a week for using their hand like guns. there were shooting clubs in high schools until the late 1960's. can you imagine now the way they treat guns in the public school system? we used to have responsible fire ownership but we had a culture that was widespread of responsible fire ownership and it worked across blue states and red states. now it's pretty much centered in red states and it's very disturbing. the way of winning this war -- we will win this on the national level by the way. the n.r. savement an amazing organization who believe in the right to self-defense and believe guns are not the problem, it's the people who shoot. another point i want to point out with jeanne on the panel. tell jeanne's story all the time. i think everyone needs to know her name and make her a household name. we need to make all the people who defended people over the years a household name and not glorify

they are doing in state, democrats are making some huge mistakes that we need to exploit on a national level. for instance, the publishing of the gun owners in new york made quite a splash. it is a very good teachable moment for why we do not think things like national registration of gun owners is a good idea. , as will reveal themselves they did in washington state, where the legislation in that state obliterated the fourth amendment for gun owners by saying that a sheriff can come into your house once a year without a warrant to make sure that your gun is locked up rapidly. -- properly. that has now passed. now liberals who sponsored it are now saying, we do not know that was in there. we never meant to do this. those kinds of mistakes, when they get too emotional, they get so excited that the politics have changed on this issue, which by the way, they have not -- you can catch them in these moments. i think that works well for our side of the argument. >> thank you mary katharine. i'm excited to be here. i went to work at the cato institute. i love coming back here because this is where

this legislation there during, democrats are making huge mistakes that we need to exploit on a national levelce, the publishing of the gun owners in new york made quite a splash. it is a very good teachable moment for why we don't think things like national registration of gun owners is a good thing. they will reveal themselves, as they did in washington state where the legislation in that state obliterated the fourth amendment for gun owners by saying the shares can damage your house once a year without a warrant to make sure your gun is locked up properly. that is not passed and all the liberals response to that are going, oh, we did know that was in there. we, of course, never meant to do this. but i think those kind of mistakes, when they get too emotional and they get so excited that the politics of change of this issue which, by the way, they have not, you can catch them in these moments command that thing that works well far side of the argument. >> thank you, mary catherine. i am a native. when ted deasy to work at the cato institute beat i love coming back here because this is where

don't do this at the national level. the level of corruption is too high there.cities are now dying. 60% unemployment. what can you do? said that is the kind of solution. in the case of cyprus, two reactions. the first one is on right, that the next episode. sorry, but this is a sovereign debt issues. this is 64. it's going to be 65 and 6667. as long as you don't change the system. the second point i would make, the biggest depositors -- that is not talked about in the media, but that is the reality. in other words, you have another dimension here. it doesn't explain what is behind the scenes. >> question from the back. >> yes, is this working? i'm intrigued by your example of the people and do so so that's a testament to the swamp and that he -- not the way, that became prosperous because they use their own currency. as economists were over a century that it could market has been beneficial and allows capital to be accumulated and invest in the best projects. this intrigues me because i find it difficult to believe that if you applied this doctrine to a small ru

liabilities from pensions at the state level and entitlement programs at the national level, they are swamped with a small amount of revenue with a short-term basis. neil: bottom line,. >> if you are eating your own arm, you can only do that so long. neil: at an imaginative way of puuting it. it's good to see you. this just in, cuts strike me as more than over the top. austerity all over the world. neil: if you are sick of spending comedies studies showing spending cuts are making people ill, literally, depression, suicide, infectious diseases because of austerity. are you using this as an excuse? >> this is over the top. i think that we are in a society that are making people dependent on social programs. look at the explosion. we are headed down the same path. there is no reason for such dependency. people are depressed about it and so forth. but such is life. when you go through physical problems, there depressiin with it. i think that is over-the-top and extreme. >> i see what you are talking about in terms of making people sicker. we are hearing about cancer patient being turned

liabilities from pensions at the state level and entitlement programs at the national level, they aremped with a small amount of revenue with a short-term basis. neil: bottom line,. >> if you are eating your own arm, you can only do that so long. neil: at an imaginative way of puuting it. it's good to see you. this just in, cuts strike me as more than over the top. austerity all over the world. my goodness. @ the capital one cash rewards card gives you 1% cash back on all purchases, plus a 50% annual bonus. and everyone but her... no. no! no. ...likes 50% more cash. but i don't give up easy... do you want 50% more cash? yes! yes?! ♪ [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card gives you 1% cash back on every purchase, plus a 50% annual bonus on the cash you earn. it's the card for people who like more cash. ♪ what's in your wallet? why? and we've hit the why phase... neil: if you are sick of spending comedies studies showing spending cuts are making people ill, literally, depression, suicide, infectious diseases because of austerity. are you using this as an excuse? >> th

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mayers are effective to have been there a long time and can help me establish a voice on the national level with the other mayers, as we try to complete the things that we are doing here locally. we have given that a great voice and so i just wanted to take this opportunity, on these closing ceremonies to praise a man that i think has done so much and more. i appreciate it even more deeply, every single day that i am responsible for running this city, how much more he has done and how incredible, even today, in the terminal and something that has been in struggling and planning for many, many years, we can lft almost see the tears in our eyes that blesses the city and these are projects that mayor brown has done over and over and over again in all parts of the city. and i will never forget, though, that when he was mayor, and we were doing mission bay together and that was my golf driving range and he was or had this vision, of turning it in from that desolate golf ball place to something that would welcome in today. 129 bio tech companies, located jobs in the thousands for people of all ba

about the arts and innovative neighborhoods and one of the criteria is that they have used at the national level is directs that has less than 20 percent concentration and we started around that rage and in here there were some directs where it allowed more. it seemed about right and that's why we got to this number. >> commissioner moore? >> on that, commissioner hillis said, another tool which we have audio and -- used, and i don't know if it was used in the king street area was to hall out on the architects in this building and technically in the market corridor we saw today to make it subdividable because we have this plan that is requiring the back of the house corridors access to elevators and loading docks etc which a plan didn't have and the plans were retro fitted to allow for that and i think the tools are important to study in more detail and the department almost in precondition on the majority of buildings. >> commissioner antonini? >> yes, just to clarify a little bit about this vote on this particular legislation where it's a policy in the policy is one that guides staff obliging

where is this hot button issue headed on a national level?ednesday, april 3rd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. >>> good morning, everybody. the push for tougher restrictions on guns has the president making high-profile travel plans. that is our top story. >> the president's number one international concern, the latest war threats from north korea. how the u.s. and world are now responding as the north makes yet another provocative move. >>> later this half hour, rehabilitating prison inmates with the help of dogs. the dogs are facing uncertain futures in animal shelters. so this has been an interesting combination, turned into a winning one, a win-win for dogs and prisoners. >>> also ahead, a tirade in hollywood, who set off halle berry and her outburst. it was not part of the dramatic movie script. tmz got the pictures and the details in "the skinny." that's coming up. >>> first, gun buyers and owners in connecticut will face tough new restrictions as state lawmakers prepare for an his

i'm trying to get a comparison perspective on a national level based on the numbers that you provided. >> okay. let me go over it again. what we found is that latinos in the national average in the it field the information we have make-up 5 percent just on the national average. for african americans is 7 percent and asian pacific islanders is 15 percent. that's what we have. >> so if it's 70 percent white, that means the other category is anything. it's probably about 3 percent. >> right. >> thank you. i wanted to make sure i understood. >> sure. >> then the next one is age. you can see our age breakdown. right now with our first cohort. the split is between a younger age cohort of 18-24 which is the highest group we've got right now which is at 43 percent. the 25-39 is 21 percent and the older age group is at 36 percent. and just to give you a little comparison, for my age demographic for city billed probably falls higher to 39. the idea that we are capturing a younger crew, i think is important and that's a good thing. for gender, we are actually a little higher on male than female.

. >> one of the things that we've been watching at the national level is that at the national level republicans really want to talk about their aggressive social conservative agenda. they don't want to be known as the crusading anti-abortion activist party. near the chair, the democratic party in virginia, are democrats going to put issues of social conservative em, against abortion rights in your state and other matters? is that going to be front and center in the gubernatorial campaign? >> it already is, rachel. it already is. i can tell you people have their eye on ken kuch nelly and what he is doing and already, voters are in tune. it'll continue to be an issue because what we're talking about and what's at stake is women's freedom to access healthcare. er with talking about equality for every virginian. people realize this translates into our economy and how free we are going to be as a people of the common wealth. in fact, ken kuch nelly's extremism has gone into the business community. they are concerned about what he is doing, where his focus has been. >> virginia has voted twice now fo

ahmad, last couple of years, you've been watching the giants and as on a national level and now locally. pretty interesting, huh? >> the giants could maybe have a little more offense, but one did it today. no time to wait. the giants, as, warriors and sharks all in action. plus, there was a celebration, yes, at at&t park. the 2012 championship flag flying high. and one of the player's amazing streaks. it continues. that is all coming up next in sports. >>> welcome back. ahmed fareed here. barry zito is on a role. it started at the end of last regular season and then continued into the playoffs. now 2013 and still going. the giants have won the last 15 times he's gone to the mound, that includes today's home opener. let's get right to that one. cardinals and giants at at&t park. a rematch from last year's championship series. the flag flying high. bases loaded, walking on four pitches. bl blanko scored. picking up right where he left off last post-season. he went seven strong allowing zero runs and three hits. sergio romo closes the door to the ninth. giants win the home opener. the cele

that is where i came to the idea which is the topic of my book, partisan conflict of the at the national level is driven largely by the fact that if all of the executive power to one person, single person rather than having the executive power divided among multiple officeholders. so i wanted to persuade you with two points today. one the political dysfunction was with the founding fathers and the best way to address political dysfunction is to change to a two-person, two-party presidency in which the two presidents are truly equal. they may come from different parts and ordinarily that would be democratic and republican that third-party candidates would certainly be eligible and in fact would be more likely that we would get third-party candidates because it's easier to run the second first in our country. so before i make my argument about why a single president is bad in two presidents are good, what do i mean by a two-person bipartisan presidency? what would it look like? the two presidents would have to be equal partners. if a bill passed congress both would have to sign before to become

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don't do this at the national level in the case because the level of corruption is too high there. okay? so and cities are now dying 50% unemployment, what do you do? what can you do? that is the kind of solution i recommend in that environment. now, the case of cypress, two reactions, first one, okay, that's the next step; right? sorry, they are the issues, 63, this is 64, there's going to be 65, 66, and a 67 as long as you don't change the system, we will repeat it again. it keeps repeting. the other point, and that's peculiar to me, the biggest depositors in cypress is the russian mafia. that is not talked about, but that's the reality. in other words, you have another dimension here, okay? it doesn't explain what's behind the seans here, okay? that's been the biggest purpose. okay? >> question from the back. >> yes, sir. >> is this working? >> yes. >> i'm intrigued by the people who left brazil to go to the swamp and not suddenly, but were prosperous because they used their own currency then only bought and sold monk each other. that's exactly the hop sit of what economists hav

it's women's in transportation seminar both at the local and national level. that award will be presented at the national conference in philadelphia this may. the projects also is awarded the bay area real estate bay area of the year by the san francisco times. i would like to thank these organizations for honoring the projects and it would not have happened with the leadership of this board and our funding partners and all vendors working on the project. last thing, if you want to come up to get ready for the map presentation. the transportation plan is moving quickly and the final phases are coming up with our final draft. we have seen some level of revenue sources. there is a lot of information coming on and we are trying to schedule a board workshop in may. i do want to recognize from our cac, chris wad, on march 21st which we attended. the last two items on the map are growing out of plan bay area. specifically a one bay area of grant program. a requirement that the management agencies and planning departments worked together on a transportation investmen

it seems the government of burma is very good at setting a national level committees to rook at problems, but very poo in implementing a meaningful solution that will protect lives and property. there need to be clear orders to the police to maintain order. also, make an example of people who are felt to have been involved in violence. they should be held accountable to the law. >> religious tension has existed for a long time in myanmar. the partly civilian government replacing military rule, the tensions are being exposed. francis has given the power of the vatican bringing an end to this year's easter celebration for catholics from world. thousands of people filled st. peter's square for the service. byis usually accompanied doreen of the bill for the call to prayer. a day of mourning after least 10 people killed by flash floods. most victims were trapped in their cars near the capital. the island has been experiencing heavy rain since saturday. the president says he will release of political prisoners. the president called for talks with of political parties, including armed groups.

at the national level, they can try to cooperate with tax authorities, exchange information, and then see if there is any taxpayer in one country who has not revealed all is well to the tax authority in one country. >> we are talking billions or even trillions of euros sitting somewhere in offshore companies or accounts at the moment. what is happening with that money? whose money is it? >> it is the money of the super rich people, even though there are some cases of middle-class people, but the bulk of this is from the really rich people and also companies, which are multinational and also huge, so it is not a normal company doing this. they use these kind of structures to hide their money. >> will the money actually remain there or will it be confiscated? if so, by whom? >> i of the tax authorities realize that there is wealth which should be revealed according to tax law, then they will, of course, tax this money. >> how will such a report and the implications that follow from it affect those tax havens themselves? for example, the cayman islands -- will it go bust now? >> it will

defeat of the senate measure effectively blunts the drive enact significant gun control at the national level. although some states are looking at or have passed tighter restrictions. since the connecticut tragedy, at least 3,400 more people have een killed by guns in america. >> on wednesday, new zealand became the first country in the asia pacific and the 13th in the world to legalize same-sex marriage. but across the tasman and australia, it's a different story. andrew thomas reports. >> lisa and lizzie have been together for five years. in january, they had a wedding, but they're not actually married. they live in sydney, and australian law doesn't recognize same-sex marriage, so their wedding was simply symbolic. >> of course there's something missing. we don't have the legal side, which gets us equal rights to all of the elements that people kind of forget that come alongside marriage. >> later this year, lisa and lizzie plan to travel to new zealand to have another wed which will mean actual marriage. >> ayes are 77, noes are 44. >> new zealand's parliamentary vote on wednesday means g

. >> one of the things that we've been watching at the national level is that at the national level republicans really want to talk about their aggressive social conservative agenda. they don't want to be known as the crusading anti-abortion activist party. even though they are really governing that way everywhere that they've got power. you're the chair of the democratic party in virginia. are democrats going to put issues of social conservatism, the anti-gay views of ken cuccinelli, the way that he's been such an activist against abortion rights in your state, and these other matters? is that going to be front and center in the gubernatorial campaign? >> it already is, rachel. it already is. i can tell you people have their eye on ken cuccinelli and what he has been doing, and already -- voters are already in tune. it's been an issue. it will continue to be an issue. because what we're talking about and what's at stake is women's freedom to access healthcare. we're talking about equality for every virginian. and you know, people realize that this translates into what -- our economy, and how f

overview of the statistical trends that are takes place, not only locally but certainly on the national level, is there a chance that while we certainly want to support and give all the tools and support available and necessary to growing women owned businesses -- are the types of businesses that women are involved in as you mentioned personal services and these things are clearly ongoing and cosmetic scpis am presuming some of those things. those are necessary to living as a civilized human being, but is there a chance that women owned businesses are being ghettoized? my concern is that not everyone is clearly going to be involved in technological advance. for instance, i am glad to hear there is certainly the partnership with beginotec with the last presenter and they should be involved. i am fuzzy while these are great micro-businesses that are moving women further away from poverty is there a gap that is occurring in terms of the trends of the types of businesses and where business and industry is headed now? which maybe i am overinflating, over estimating, but it seems they're divergent

and i came to the idea i discuss in my book, the partisan conflict at the national level is driven largely by the fact we give all of the executive power to one person, a single person, rather than having the executive power diedded among multiple office holders. so i want to persuade you with two points. the seeds for political different function started when the found fathers chose a single person, and to change to a two-party presidency in which the two presidents are true equals and come from different parties. ordinarily that would be democratic and republican but third-party candidates would be eligible and more likely we would get third-party candidates because it's easier to run second than first in our country. so, before i make my argument about why a single president is bad and two presidents are good, what do i mean by a two-person bipartisan presidency? and the two presidents have to be equal partners. that's very important. so if a bill passed congress both would have to sign before it would become law. they would have to agree on executive orders, supreme court nominees, dec

and that is what we want at the national level. interesting.ebt, high unemployment, slow growth at the state and the national level and that is considered a success. very interesting also that despite all of this, the left wins the white house in all elections in california. very interesting. ♪ right up to the minute we are waiting for the federal reserve on whether or not stock in california file a bankruptcy. waiting to see if bondholders or pension holders or both could take a hit. this case could show if federal bankruptcy court trumps state law setting precedents above the states. liz macdonald on top of this one. here's my point, if he says yes, this is a bankruptcy situation, it is possible existing pension receivers could take a haircut and bondholders who have lent money to the city could also take a haircut, is that correct? >> it is correct. it is such an important fight happening right now. if stockton cuts the benefits in this bankruptcy basically also what could happen is by contrast california and could step in and take over the

california passes this bill into law, it would have to wait for the decision to be made at the national level, but senator wright is saying california needs to pass this in order to put the state in a very good position to cash in on sports betting. live in san jose, stephanie trong, nbc bay area news. >> stephanie, thanks very much. >>> still ahead at 6:00, why some of the victims of the boston bombings were on the move today. we'll tell you where they were headed. >>> is it fact or fiction? why this uc berkeley grad has an issue with ben affleck's award rining movie "ar go." >>> the warriors players talk about last night's big win over the denver nuggets. plus what stephen curry did not do today. >>> some of the boston marathon bombing victims were transferred today because this was moving day at their hospital. the rebelation moved its patients. ten of the patients were hurt during the bombings. listen to this story. among the patients a woman who lost her right leg in the blast. she says a young man picked her up after the blast, put a tuorn kit on the leg, stopped the blood loss, maybe s

outstanding work going on in this country, certainly at the regional level and some things also at the national level. is it ever enough and have there been giant breakdowns? and that's true. we have just talked about it, it's an interesting question. we think one of the great breakdowns right now in a lot of the media are in what we would call the beat reporters, ones following a story day in and day out, week in and week out. because a lot of those ranks have been decimated by cutbacks. so a lot of the broad stuff, some of the things that don and i have done fo years, onill quita ha going and you go back decades in this coun the's actually less o it in some ways than there is now. so we, as long as people have a way, an attitude to get that stuff publishes or viewed, whatever it happens to be, we have a certain amount of confidence that that's, of course, what we're worried about. that's what everybody's worried about. >> >> guest: especially true because most people get their information from television which does not do well with complicated summits. subjects. actually, it doesn't do it at all, s

idea that change has to come from the very top consider this elections don't only happen at the national level we have elections at the state level with each state having a governor in a state legislature and we have elections that county and local levels to check this out the latest census data shows that there are more than eighty nine thousand local and state governments amounting to more than five hundred thousand elected positions by the time americans are done voting there over a million offices filed during every election cycle and it isn't just isn't that just the beauty of american democracy that millions of ideas can be represented so that the bigger picture can be changed from the bottom up well that's the idea anyway the obstacle to this is the domination of the two party system a narrow focus on one spot in the ideological spectrum democrats versus republicans and that's why on this show we've made it a point to be a platform for excluded voices individuals who challenge that mold having said that i want to take a look back at a few important points made by some alternative politi

the national level points out radioactive contamination of southern central and even northern areas of iraq and despite repeated calls and all the reports published by iraqi scientists the us turned a blind eye on the issue that the worst part is that milly's government and all those that were in power. bear arms against those raising concerns of chemical and radioactive contamination yeah i guess they feel indebted to the invaders that all ministers and government officials are not entitled to speak freely on this issue there is a ban on any relevant scientific research been published even in the u.s. this ban comes from either the administration in washington or from the pentagon and is binding even for our scientists. whether another casualty of the war in iraq is the country's cultural heritage archaeologists an architect of that is sand fathi says many artifacts were destroyed and others plundered but the us ignoring his coals to help. in some palaces pure gold bullion there were found and some of them were planted i'm sure that everything was stored in the central and other banks

they'll now compete on a national level. >> they are passionate about building robots. they've just completed apollo one. it's ready for competition. >> students are given six weeks to design and built the robot. >> they're given a video animation whaift is expected to do. in this case, they're robot must engage in a game while trying to score points. >> the teacher of the program called for inspiration and roilgs of science and technology or... first. >> a lot of the students weren't in school before coming to apollo. now with, addition of the robotics team they're here every day after school. >> everyone here has a role. erica has learned a lot about electronics. >> i'm known for batteries. i switch batteries and charge them, i put them together. >> apollo high is a continuation school. this program inspired thom stay in school. isha says it's been inspiring. >> they told me how the they -- people are impressed because they're a woman. i can really relate to that. >> this is a prototype of what robots are supposed to do. actual one they'll use has been completed and i

bush's no child left behind was wrong so i don't know you who are critical in coming out on a national level the whole i have some problems with that oh i had a grandson in the whole no child left behind thing you know basically was a boon for the testing industry which absolutely isn't and that was you know what that was also a big all of branch bush to the democrats bush to take and they got engaged right i wasn't i was there a family saying hey what they want to argue the matter is that are you suggesting that if you have an by by by just accident of birth to be born in poor west virginia appalachia as opposed to being born in wealthy silicon valley that the public school that you tend should really genuinely be that much worse i mean what's wrong with using these other dollars of it to equalize they love this for first of all i wish the world was a perfect place tom i wish i lived in the world that's in your head the one with the puppies in the rainbows and the in the unicorns i wish we could make everything equal and fair but we can't they've tried it. once probably no. i don't know wit

when vat hit in the uk where i live, and that's essentially what this is, value added tax on a national levelit was to a degree a seven-day wonder. there was a huge outcry and three months later the only people making money was an additional process that they could charge you for. >> okay. well, we'll see what happens. there's questions of whether this would even pass in the house either, to your point. let's move on to the next question. this is about expanding your company's products or services. >> i'm starting off with one product, but i do plan on intro dawesing other product lines and services. at what point once you've mastered one product what is the most appropriate time to add on new lines to your existing product line? >> good question because it could be a distraction. on the other hand you want to grow your business. so how do you know? >> i would say just before you feel like you have enough bandwidth for it. you have to stay ahead of it. >> that's what you have done basically. >> absolutely. >> what about you, les? >> as soon as you know you have a profitable, sustainable marke

i think that maybe even on a national level that the international association of police maybe has a position on this, but it needs to be addressed because this won't be the last time that this occurs. >> now, the police chief, robert white, has apparently gone on record saying this will put our department, our city and our state on the national level. it gives us some positive exposure because he is talking about being there with the president of the united states. he's right we've got an amount of exposure in the last several years, we hosted the dnc and other big events during the complaining last year, president obama and mitt romney came through denver a lot because we were a swing state. so, it's an ongoing exposure. today is not an exception by far. >> megyn: so this was -- this is happening, we are told shall because the white house requested it. they specifically wanted the use of a police facility as a back drop for the president's remarks. in your experience, i know you've got 28 years in law enforcement in the denver metro area, and 18 years as a denver police officer. ha

care of that and on the left they want the federal government to take care of everything so on a national level it will be tough but i definitely think on the state level lot of stuff is happening budding colorado colorado, someone asked if we are speaking later and they said why colorado turned polluting gave reasons but he missed 15 that have been nationally that they were very successful to lower taxes or other areas where they lost those issues. nobody cares about taxes because they don't pay more they care about other things like school choice that is an issue that many liberals would agree with because sometimes they don't even know they agree that everybody was sending their kids toots' charter school almost like a voucher system. the idea is very similar. i think you're right about that. >> i was a friend the other day and all of these things were foreseeable but sometimes we concluded people have to experience it and what of the comments you made a bad things happen to america is because of the policy that we have to experience it. i was very encouraged by the number of young people th

the practice of medicine and mental healthcaralings occurs in the state level and not at the national level. ip am open minded and i want to look at the proposals and prevent gun violence and respect the constitution. i haven't seen a proposal that balance it properly and solve the problem in the process. >> uma: what is the next step for you. >> move forward in the debate in the senate and we'll have amendments and votes. it will remain to see if it has the vote to pass. we don't know what the legislation will look like by the time we get through the amendment process. >> uma: great to see you and thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> uma: it is your turn to weigh in. are you concerned about the background checks on gun buyers can lead the government to tracking your gun. tweet us and i will read those responses later in the hour. >> bipartisan senate proposal sets 2011 for the cut off. it would make it legal to people who areiched here before 2012 . require applicants to have a clean record and prove financial stability. tomorrow senator rubio would unveil the plan on fox news sunday

there has been a little bit of feedback on the national level in comments on the petition and other postings petition of people basically like hating on alabama, saying we're not an accepting state, which in reality, any state could have the same issues. >> the only real negativity that we have received at all has been from people outside the state saying, like, oh you should leave, or oh why do you even bother you are such a lost cause? >> michael: and they are probably anonymous when they say it, and here you are being courageous, so already you are better than they are. you describe yourself as queer in our petition. what has experience with bullying been like as an lbgt teen? >> personally my experience has been wonderful. it has been a non-issue. i'm lucky to go to a school where it's not a problem at all. now we work with a lot of people for whom that is not the case but for us our experiences as activists in this movement have been very positive. >> michael: and as your family been supportive of your fight? >> they have. they have been very supportive. i'm very lucky. >> michael: yeah