mr sulu is gay. >> there were a lot of those. >> and he comes out.as the reaction positive, was there negative as well? >> there was negative as well. it was overwhelmingly positive. i went on a nation-wide speaking tour in partnership with the human rights campaign and spoke at universities, corporate meetings, at governmental agencies, and then i lobbied for various issues like don't ask, don't tell - in washington, as well as in sacramento, the california state capital. >> you have lived an amazing life. a big part of that is star trek. >> when we come back we'll speak more to george take. >> about that - after this. >>> welcome back to "talk to al jazeera." we are talking to george takei, and i want to get into "star trek" a bit. jean rotenbury, the producer - i believe you said he wanted a multicultural cast. how did it happen, and how did you get there? >> gene wanted to use "star trek" as a metaphor about so many things about our times then and today. she said the starship "enterprise" was a metaphor for starship earth, and it was about coming

mr sulu is gay. >> there were a lot of those. >> and he comes out.as the reaction positive, was there negative as well? >> there was negative as well. it was overwhelmingly positive. i went on a nation-wide speaking tour in partnership with the human rights campaign and spoke at universities, corporate meetings, at governmental agencies, and then i lobbied for various issues like don't ask, don't tell - in washington, as well as in sacramento, the california state capital. >> you have lived an amazing life. a big part of that is star trek. >> when we come back we'll speak (vo) al jazeera america we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. (vo) we pursue that story beyond the headline, past the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capitol. (vo) we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. (vo) and follow it no matter where it leads, all the way to you. al jazeera america. take a new l

mr sulu is gay. >> there were a lot of those. >> and he comes out.as the reaction positive, was there negative as well? >> there was negative as well. it was overwhelmingly positive. i went on a nation-wide speaking tour in partnership with the human rights campaign and spoke at universities, corporate meetings, at governmental agencies, and then i lobbied for various issues like don't ask, don't tell - in washington, as well as in sacramento, the california state capital. >> you have lived an amazing life. a big part of that is star trek. >> when we come back we'll speak >> al jazeera america is a straight-forward news channel. >> its the most exciting thing to happen to american journalism in decades. >> we believe in digging deep. >> its unbiased, fact-based, in-depth journalism. >> you give them the facts, dispense with the fluff and get straight to the point. >> i'm on the ground every day finding stories that matter to you. >> in new orleans... >> seattle bureau... >> washington... >> detroit... >> chicago... >> nashville... >> los angeles... >

take is best known for playing lieutenant sulu he has a decades long career in film, radio it and theatrehe wrote and starred in a musical about japanese-american internment in world war ii. something he has knowledge of. he was sent to a camp at the cage of five. he's a successful writer and outspoken activist for gay writes. and take

take is best known for playing lieutenant sulu he has a decades long career in film, radio it and theatrehe wrote and starred in a musical about japanese-american internment in world war ii. something he has knowledge of. he was sent to a camp at the cage of five. he's a successful writer and outspoken activist for gay writes. and take

take is best known for playing lieutenant sulu he has a decades long career in film, radio it and theatrehe wrote and starred in a musical about japanese-american internment in world war ii. something he has knowledge of. he was sent to a camp at the cage of five. he's a successful writer and outspoken activist for

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it's called haiyan, and it's making its way west in the philippines into the sulu sea right now. wind speeds have eased somewhat. but when it made landfall earlier this friday, there were gusts of 380 kilometers per hour. more than 25 million people are expected to be impacted by this storm, including hundreds of thousands who survived a massive earthquake just last month. we'll continue to bring you more as we get it. natalie? >> thanks, monita. >>> just days after admitting that he has smoked crack cocaine, toronto mayor rob ford finds himself trying to explain something else, more bizarre behavior. a rant recorded on videotape. here it is. >> never seen me [ bleep ]. at least i'm [ bleep ] over, i will [ bleep ] and i need -- >> it will be over five minutes. >> it will be a battle -- [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> all righty then. we don't know the context of the video or where it was recorded, but this is what ford had to say. >> just released a video that was very, very inebriated, a and -- >> who were you talking to? >> what were you talking about? >> all i can say is, again, agai

it is going to take its way out of the sulu agency and into the south china sea.up towards vietnam. when it hits vietnam, we are looking at those winds being the equivalent of a category 2 storm at that point. big thunderstorms certainly still a possibility. still plenty of rain to come, sunday the showers will be somewhat fewer, and you can see the strong winds making their way towards vietnam. we are looking at landfall around 6:00 gnt on sunday. so still a very damaging system, adrian. >> absolutely. many thanks indeed. >>> a british soldier has been guilty of murder following the killing of a seriously injured afghan fighter. let's join felicity in london. >> this was a fighter who was shot at close range two years ago. two other soldiers on patrol were equated. lawrence lee has more details. >> reporter: the incident happened in 2011. in response one of the insurgents were badly wounded by helicopter fire and a group of marines dragged his body to the trees. what they didn't know is they were reporting their own actions on one of the soldier's own helmet came