in many places, for example, newport, rhode island, welcomes the british army was kind of a council of their higher citizens reading a proclamation of greeting for clinton when he lands. a lot of these places there were kind of people who welcomed the chance to get back to business when the british arrived. but over the course of the war they realized that the cost of having soldiers quartered there and experience of occupation made them realize that the empire wasn't kind of a place to go back to. >> i want to come back to the british occupation in a second but one of the things that struck me about your book and maybe think about things in different ways is the extent to which the revolutionary regimes arise and come into being in the immediate months or the early months of the war were themselves a kind of occupying force. what do these rebel government look like and how do people respond to them when this dramatic change occurs the 75 and 76? >> a lot of people didn't know what to make of them. there were these groups of citizens that formed themselves into committees, councils, mi

us or at least added the next morning without charge then after arriving back at his house in newport rhode he passed away in his sleep his family and lawyers allege it was due to serious injuries from the time spent in custody why did he die. because. you know because it will who was it go in you. all we know. that. you know he looked. away and he went home to rot and i don't want again not to. go on how following muhammad's death hundreds took part in protests over successive nights in cardiff they demanded the release of c.c.t.v. and party of on footage from officers at cardiff bay police station many held black lives matter banners and compared the case to that of george floyd the 46 year old black man killed while being arrested in minneapolis in the usa back in may he came out with bruises and cuts to his body and to his face this is a death of a young healthy lac who was arrested by the police during his detention he came into contact with 52 police officers and within hours he died it is absolutely right so it should be good in the same context as george floyd this is not unusual in

rhode island. he's introduced a similar bill each year since 2015. congressman cicilline joins us now. his district includes bristol and newport. of the lgbtq-plus equality caucus, a member of the house judiciary and foreign affairs committee and of course was one of the house impeachment managers in donald trump's second impeachment trial. congressman, good evening. >> good evening, good to be with you. >> there are already some protections that come be an executive order that president biden signed to prevent and fight discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. how would the equality act differ from that or add to that? >> well, first of all, you know, equality is a founding principle of this country, and i think all americans understand that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and have the equal protection of the law. and so, what the equality act does, it prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in housing, employment, public accommodations, jury service, education and federal funding. and it's really a fully inclusive and comprehensive civil rights bill, to ban