kind of the background on the challenges of the lgbtq community behind bars. lgbt people are three times as likely to go to prison or jail than the regular population which is shocking. 33% of women in prison for example are lesbian or bisexual and only 3% of women in the population are lesbian or bisexual. there's something going on there, we haven't figured out why people are more likely to be incarcerated but they are. >> when we think of what's being done to protect the inmates that falls into the plenty communities, is there anything out of manning's case that's helped reveal injustice behind bars? >> well, i think manning is the world's most high profile transgendered woman in prison and she highlights something they go through all the time. access to hormones. inability to -- you know, being separated out from the population. solitary confinement. those things are done sometimes because of the prison rape initiative -- which is meant to make sure that everyone is safe from sexual assault and harassment. but what ends up happening so often, people are pu

before we get started with the show, let's check in and see what people are saying about the lgbtq communityt lgbtq people

the large lgbtq organizations are very concerned about a whole range of issues. president trump has from time to time attempted to portray himself as a friend of the lgbtq community. i don't think there is the slightest bit of evidence he is. i think he is going to do great harm and we will have to be very strong, smart and organizing to resist. thank for calling. >> host: time for one more voice. mike in modesto, company. >> caller: hello. i would like to ask the gentlemen what affect ronald reagan and his barbaric soul and followers had? how much he delayed the progress on the remedies of such? and i would urge everyone to join in to keep reagan's out of the government. i would like to urge christians and skeptics like myself to also join the keep this commercial religion backed by big money who don't really give a damm about jesus or any of this stuff. they are just in it for the power and control and people who mean well. >> host: thank you, mike. afraid we are almost out of time. let's hear from cleve. >> guest: thank you for calling. i have been to modesto many times. reagan who has been elevated to sainthood did not speak of aids until more americans had d

accused of bias by the lgbtq community for comments like this. . >> if you polled a psychiatrist, they'reoing to tell you that transgender is a disease. >> the human rights campaign that made this video organized to block green, a tennessee state senator, green is a west point graduate and, doctor who treated iraqi dictator saddam hussein. in a statement, green said tragically my life of public service and my christian beliefs have been mischaracterized and attacked for political gain. the trump white house has another job opening. >> folks are going to arrive this way. >> after the abrupt departure of chief usher angela green appointed by president obama, reed was the first woman in history to manage the white house residence. officials said reed left on good terms and suggested replacing the chief usher was routine. however, that rule has typically not changed with a new president. >> it's not uncommon that you might have a transition of staff when a new administration comes in and it's simply nothing more than that. >> the president has spent seven weekends at the white house, eight in

bring attention to what they consider discriminatory practices against people of color and the lgbtq communitythe workplace. others say they want the trump administration to stop painting trump as the enemy. >> the hypocrisy of the way they brought workers into this country to work in service industries and then pretend like they're not supposed to be there, when everybody in that white house ancestors came from someplace else, were immigrants of this country. >> reporter: as these protesters start to fill in lafayette park, they will b of congress who are expected to speak, along with dnc chairman tom perez in the next hour. they're trying to energize people to get out and vote in the midterm election next year. >> thank you, meagan. >>> may day protests turned violent in france today. molotov cocktails were thrown and police fired back with tear gas. the march also included calls to block far-right presidential candidate marine le pen from winning the election. that election takes place sunday may 7th. >>> a gunman remains on the loose in dallas after opening fire on a paramedic. police say

the executive order that president trump is expected to sign that has to do with the lgbtq community. >>> and remember to tune in for the ellen degeneres show today. she >>> welcome back. it's 5:25. we're just learning about more breaking news. a deadly attack in afghanistan. angie goff has details at the live desk. >> with debris on the road there. new video of a suicide bombing in kabul. the attack on a nato-led convoy killed amendment and wounded dozens. three american service members we're told were among those hurt. so far, no one has claimed responsibility for this attack. i'm angie goff at the live desk. aaron, back to you. >>> hundreds of lgbtq advocates are expected to gather in front of the white house to protest a potential new executive order from president trump. politico reports that he'll sign a religious liberty executive order tomorrow. those against that order say it will create a broad post license to discriminate against lgbtq people and others. a protest gets under way at news square. >>> pranks or abuse. they were made famous by what they thought were funny video

. >> friends and loved ones of the man who created the rainbow flag for the lgbtq community spread his board now flying the famous flag. he died in his sleep at his home in new york. he was 65-years old. in 1978 baker created that rainbow flag for the san francisco gay pride parade. >> temperatures today were warmer than yesterday. the numbers were a good 5 and 10 degrees warmer. so we have 81 in napa. tomorrow not as warm as it was today. it's going to be cooler by about ten degrees. where there are mid-70s there'll be upper 60s maybe mid-60s. much cooler especially around the coast where there's a dose of fog right now. it'll be more prominent tomorrow morning. this is the system here you can see it spinning like this. this is the system that's going to get close to us and as it bump s towards the coast it creates some lift which cools us off. maybe some drizzle, and maybe a sprinkle as far south as santa rosa. >>> so it's foggy out there now. the warmest day was today and that all changes around tomorrow. high pressure starts to breakdown. the winds start to shift you get more weste

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they also say they learned about standing up for the poor, for the lgbtq community and say these teachingse straight from pope francis and don't believe that he vice president mike pence represents those teachings. >> either we are all notre dame or none of us are. if you are trying to silence and not listen to the preferences of group and their families you're not listening to any of us. that was a speech or i guess that was what we wanted to say today. to the administration more so than anyone else the administration, you need to listen to our peers and their families and concerns when you decide who to invite to our graduation. >> some context is important here because about 3100 students received degrees and between 75 and 100 students today up and walked out. once vice president mike pence began to speak. >> rosa flores in south bend, end. thank you so much. international travel can certainly take a toll on a person. >> how some cabinet members are faring on the u.s. president's first foreign trip. there's a little hint there. back in a moment. pion who's faced thousands of drivers. s

they thought it was going to be geared more toward the lgbtq community in terms of what some of the religious institutions are raising against having access to them or fairness for them. >> yes. it is a much more scaled back version of a leaked executive order draft that i reported on back in february. and despite the fact that a lot of people are saying it's a big nothing burger or the aclu decided not to sue on it right now, i think it does raise cause for concern not only the provision that purports to reveal the johnson amendment, the part of the internal revenue code you were just discussing. while he can't do that by executive order, because it's part of a statute, it does signal what he's going to tell his internal revenue service to do or not do with regard to pastor endorsements or nonendorsements of candidates. >> let me stop you. reverend, early the morning of the signing you called me. we are early morning risers. and we talk. and you raised that this could backfire on him. let me show people what he said that brought me right back to this reverend. >> there is no greater example

. >> sissy, when you hear what she is talking about and what the fears are, not just in the lgbtq communityut in others based on this religious freedom executive order, what could you say? what could you say to president trump to make sure that, you know, as a christian that everybody is protected in their own right? would you -- would you go to him on, say, sarah's behalf to voice the concerns she has? because those have nothing to do with the johnson amendment. >> i think we have to remember, he was the first republican candidate to mention the lgbt and the protection of them at the republic national convention. but, you know, religious freedoms, i disagree, is so important. it is the christian foundation in this country that has allowed the tolerance of all religions to be practiced here in the united states of america. that is not the case around the world. if you take take right away, it could be very dangerous. we have started being persecuted already on a very small scale but around the world, i think open door said that 255 christians are being killed each month. next week, my dad i

president trump's nominee for army secretary, withdrew under pressure friday, accused of bias by the lgbtq community for comments like this. >> you poll psychiatrists. they'll tell you that transgender is a disease. >> reporter: the human rights campaign that made this video organized to block green. a tennessee state senator he's a west point graduate and doctor who treated iraqi dictator saddam hussein. in a statement green said tragically my life of public service and my christian beliefs have been mischaracterized and attacked for political gain. and we're here in new jersey today because president trump will be spending a number of his weekends over the summer months at his bedminster, new jersey, golf course. on saturday he signed into law an omnibus spending budget and that included $120 million in extra funding for security. some of that for the secret service. others to reimburse local communities like palm beach, florida, and new york city, that have incurred extra costs because of the president's travel. >>> now to a developing story. the white police officer in texas who shot a black tee

president trump's nominee for army secretary, withdrew under pressure friday, accused of bias by the lgbtq community for comments like this. >> now, if you poll the psychiatrists, they're going to tell you that transgender is a disease. >> reporter: the human rights campaign that made this video organized to block green, a tennessee state senator. green is a west point graduate and doctor, who treated iraqi dictator saddam hussein. in a statement green said tragically my life of public service and my christian beliefs have been mischaracterized and attacked for political gain. and mark green called the comments made about him and the sort of organized effort to pressure senators not to confirm him false attacks. he had been recommended by republican members of congress for the position. the president also has to fill this a second time. his first choice to be the army secretary also withdrew over issues of having to untangle financial wealth in order to meet government standards. so for the president, this is a position that has been harder to fill than you might expect, and important because we've

they also say that they learned about standing up for the marginalized, for the poor, for the lgbtq community straight from pope francis and they don't believe that vice president mike pence represents those teachings. >> either we are all notre dame or none of us are. and if you are trying to silence and not listen to the preferences of one group and their families, then you're not listening to any of us. that was a speech -- i guess that was what we wanted to say today to the administration, more so than anyone else, the administration. you need to listen to our peers, you need to listen to our peers families and concerns when you decide who to invite to our graduation. >> reporter: some context is important because about 3100 students received degrees and between 75 and 100 students stood up and walked out once vice president mike pence began to speak. anna. >> rosa flores, our thanks to you. ♪. >> thanks for rolling into the 8:00 hour eastern here in the "cnn newsroom." i'm ana cabrera in new york. we begin with president trump unveiling his message to muslims worldwide. in his first spee

cyrus has been an outspoken advocate for the lgbtq community, of course, the pennsylvania and third streetfull fairness she hasn't done that twerking bit in several years. >> that's very true. as we know, some things do you and you are remembered for. kevin mccarthy we always remember for amazing experiences one of which was last night. >> all right. so i'll keep this very pg. >> okay. >> but alien one of the most iconic films of all time this scene with john hurt the alien inside. >> yes. >> so we'll show a pg friendly clip. just watch this and this is the scene we're all talking about the john hurt scene. we all know this moment. this is very famous iconic moment in film history. the alien the face hugger everybody wants to call that gets on his face alien goes inside and very interesting. ridley scott made this movie in 1979 very movie that was really stood the test of time. special effects are incredible we can't show you what happens there, but the way that scene was done is so funny and so comedic you would never know that the horror behind that moment in the film real life. >> that'

calls for the president to pick someone else for the job over green's past comments on the lgbtq and muslim communitys the criticisms false and misleading attacks against him. >>> emmanuel macron has won the french election. dominant victory winning both urban and rural voters with high and low end unemployment. age 39. youngest leader of france since napoleon. joining us from france. good to have you with us. we know the race was closely watched. not only in france, but also across europe. what did the win mean for the future of the european union. >> this is a big win. not just for france. not just for europe, but for the global community. of course emmanuel macron was the radical centrist. running on very much internationalist approach. the french people are behind the european union. marine le pen had run on a platform similar to brexit. similar to donald trump. called the donald trump of france. against the global sort of super national institutions. not just the european union and the euro. also nato. she wanted to re-evaluate france's position in nato. so emmanuel macron has made it very clear

. >> her recent actions have been highly respect full of the lgbtq community. >> wow. >> held againstmfortable with it, keep it to yourself. >> exactly. >> right. right. >> just be quiet. >> right. but is her song good, that's my question. >> oh yeah. >> a lot of people don't like it now. >> we've been showing this picture. speaking of katie perry and she and j.lo will be james corden's geoff on the carpool karaoke prime time special perry will drive around with corden singing in the car and lopez will do toddler gravy session. >> what is that? >> funny you shall ask. little kid will lead lopez in corden in dance moves. >> i see. >> yes. the special airs may 2 22nd on cbs. >> okay. what do you think carpool >> those would right there. >> yes. >> boring. [ laughter ] >> you're not fan, no. >> no. >> are you trying to say j.lo can't sing. >> i'm not saying that. i'm saying that. >> i'm with you. >> who would you like to see. >> she's gorgeous. >> car poll karaoke. >> fantasia. who can really sing. >> okay. >> you know what i'm saying and maybe chris brown. >> okay. >> oh yeah. >> chris

reintroduce the equality act a bill that would finally fully codify civil rights protections for the lgbtq community it is unthinkable to me that this bill finds opposition in this chamber. where we stand less than a mile from a sacred american promise that's etched in stone above the doors of the supreme court, equal justice under law. there is no asterisks, there's no condition or compromise no caveat. it is a promise that is afforded to each of us that no one, man, woman, political candidate or president, can look us in the eye and say that you do not count or you are unworthy. some of the most shameful moments of our nation's history have come when we have broken that promise, when we say that everyone matters except you. every life counts except yours. it's time for this body to take a stand and say, everyone counts in this country today on our watch today. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my

they also say that they learned about standing up for the marginalized, lgbtq communities and they sayrancis and then don't believe vice president mike pence represents those teachings. >> if you are trying to silent the preferences of one group and their families, then you're not with any of us and that was a speech -- i guess -- that was what we wanted to say today to the administration, more so than anyone he is, the administration. you need to listen to our peers and our peers' families and concern when you decide to invite to our graduation. >> reporter: some context is important here because about 30 3,100 students received degrees and between 75 and 100 students stood up and walked out once vice president mike pence began to speak. >> thank you. >>> we're live in the cnn "newsroom." thanks for being with us. up first tonight the breaking news. riyadh reset. the man who rode into office on a proposed muslim ban offering a new message to leaders of the arab world. >> this is not a battle between different faiths, different sects or different civilizations. this is a battle between

biden: i'm determined, and i mean this sincerely -- to protect the rights of lgbtq community. [applause] mr. biden: we have again the people who ran along with me are there. they are the experts in the nation. they are there at that foundation. so, it is a great, great great opportunity. and then, i think with the help of your delegation, i think we made enormous progress in the cancer moonshot. we moved things along in a way that i do have time to explain but the truth is, when i went to the administration to see if they wanted to pick it up, they are not there yet. a group of the leading cancer experts in the world concluded -- including eric lander at m.i.t. elizabeth jaffey, and the committee that we will be announcing at the end of the month, that we will continue -- and we will continue to push the barriers because we are close. we are close to making such fundamental changes that we can actually extend life. we can cure some cancers. [applause] mr. biden: your children -- remember i said this when children get their vaccinations for measles and mumps, they will be able t

the disproportionate number in marginal communities and color, immigrants, lgbtq is a result of peopleing to use a rubber stamp to fix problems. soledad: do you think it could be devastating to communities if in fact the federal prosecutors do as this directive tells them and if local prosecutors pick up on the message and make decision to be more aggressive on these drug crimes? adam: it is already devastating. we are already where we have reached devastation. whatever happens with the federal government and what they choose to do will be more devastating. and if the prosecutors that i worked across the country recently follow this mandate, we are going to be embarrassed and we should be ashamed of what we are about to do to the citizens of this country. soledad: adam foss, nice to have you with us. adam: thank you. soledad: next on "matter of fact." they are not your father's factory jobs. >> some are talking about making $40,000 a year right after they are completing school. soledad: why can't employers find people to do the work? still ahead. a bank employee quits when her politics

the senate. and news today on president trump's still we just learned that mark green has now withdrawn his name from consideration for army secretary. you'll remember that he came under fire from a number of lgbtq communitydvocates, he's now the second person to withdraw his name from consideration for that position. >>> and later tonight, "dateline" nbc takes a look at the life and death of princess diana, killed in a car crash nearly 20 years ago. andrea canning talks to diana's head of security and describes how she struggled to carve out a role for herself within the royal family. according to chief body guards, diana felt she was the target of a smear campaign. she believed it was being orchestrated by the palace, which deployed surrogates to discredit her. >> friends of the prince of wales went on public television to say that diana was paranoid, that she was bulimic and even a friend of the queen said diana was heavy stuff because whoever was watching was going to believe that, but that wasn't true. diana wasn't paranoid, she wasn't damaged goods. she was very unhappy with the state of her marriage. >> reporter: diana was used to being the most popular royal and knew she had the power to fight bac

the general was a good guy. he was a progressive of latino heritage, lgbtq community and so it was challenging. i found the media to be particularly difficult in my race and i found it in subtle ways. it wasn't always open, but there was an article that was done on all three major candidates during the primary and for each of the two male candidates, they gave a long paragraph about their accomplishment in office. for me, even though i had spent a long time on what i have accomplished, even though i was in the minority in the state senate, when i got to my profile it said she is a debater on the floor which to me says something like angry brown woman screams aloud, something not that helpful. i called the reporter and i said i'm curious what happened and he said i feel so bad but i had a paragraph in their about how unusual it was that you had accomplished what you accomplished in your first term and the editors cut it out. that kind of thing happen quite a bit and it's probably the first time i felt it so strongly, but it definitely operated anything was race and gender but it was also the fact

the general is a good guy. he's a progressive, of latino heritage. lgbtq community. and so it was challenging. i found the media, though, to be particularly difficult in my race. i found it in subtle ways. it wasn't always open. but there was an article that was done on all three major candidates during the primary. and for each of the two male candidates, i was the only woman in the race. for each of the two male candidates, they gave a long paragraph about their accomplishments in office. and for me, even though i had spent a long time on what i accomplished even though i was in the minority in the state senate in just the first term, when it got to my profile, it said she's a vociferous debater on the floor, which to me is a brown woman says angry brown woman screams loud, something not that helpful. and so i called a reporter and said, i'm really curious what happened. and he said, congresswoman, or state senator at the time, i feel so bad, but i had a paragraph in there about how unusual it was that you had accomplished what you had accomplished in your first term, and the editors cut it o

communities of support. to d.c. for the capital pride concert which is being held on sunday june11th. cyrus will perform along with the point sisters. cyrus has been outspoken advocate for lgbtqd on pennsylvania and third street northwest. >>> and finally, a bear doing his thing. wandering around a gated california community. suddenly comes face to face with a dog. the dog tries to play tough protecting his turf but after a brief standoff the dog thinks better of it simply walks away. i choose to say the dog did what he needed to show his power then he walk away. the bear spent several hours in that neighborhood doing what bears do. just sort of chilling, hanging out checking out trash cans, taking drinks out of pools and strolling through the trees. don't know why the bear was there for several hours before somebody coming to get -- to escort him away but hey that's not my business. >> nor did i know they can balance on the top of a chain linked fence. >> well, they have have been >> that's true. >> thanks, al. >> thanks, al. >> hmm. >>> 10:07. that means it's time to check what's tenning this morning. first up, a rare reunion playing out on tv steven colbert br bringing his

the lbgt community. the attorney general will have an opportunity to evaluate lots of areas where freedom of religion and lgbtqests might intersect or clash. one area is the protection of the little sisters of the poor who had religious objections having to carry contraception coverage and there will be other examples like that. over time i think hopefully this order will create a conversation between those two communities and hopefully they'll reach some consensus on some areas where there does need to be conscious rights attention. >> shannon: the aclu says they're going to court on this. we've seen how successful people have been in challenging other executive orders. how is the legal showdown on this playing out? >> it's fashionable these days to be hostile toward religion. we'll see court challenges. at the same time religion is the first freedom in our country. it always has been. this order reflects a longstanding tradition in america that we don't force people to do things that are at odds with their rights of conscious. >> shannon: aclu's arguments from been for all kinds of freedoms. at least in this