At some validation in the thing it was given today and. For me the journey. Also coming up in the philippines a legal victory that has president ial approval maria ressa the journalist who dares to question president do territories policies has been found guilty of cyber libel reza says its an attempt to intimidate a free press. So when i listen to it i just i tried to get angry get out how do we continue doing our jobs better. But to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with a legal victory for equality made possible by a modern read of a 56 year old law today in the United States the Supreme Court handed down a decision that will allow people to sue if they are fired from their job for being gay lesbian or transgender in a landmark ruling the court pointed to the one 964. 00 Civil Rights Act which bars discrimination at work based on race religion National Origin and sex a majority of judges liberal and conservative agreed that discrimination based on sex must also include Sexual Orientation and gender identity lawyers for employers and for the Trump Administration had argued that the common understanding of sex discrimination back in 1964 had been biased against a man or woman and nothing more what todays court ruling is another major victory for the community in the United States it comes just 5 years after a supreme a ruling by the Supreme Court that made same sex marriage legal and wall of the land the celebrations of 201516 in sharp contrast to today this lone activists with a rainbow flag in his hands and a black face mask with the words i cant breathe and serves as a poignant reminder of the impact of the pandemic at the same time america finds itself in social upheaval the likes of which have not been seen since the 1960 s. Well we have complete coverage of this landmark ruling i am joined tonight by in these parker the c. E. O. Of the gay and Lesbian Victory Fund she was also elected 3 times to be mayor of Houston Texas and that is where she is tonight and from Denver Colorado dan baer dan was u. S. Ambassador to the organization for security and cooperation in europe under president obama he is now with the Carnegie Endowment to both of you welcome to the day let me start with you and these would you bring todays court ruling up there with making same sex marriage legal what we saw about 5 years ago. Absolutely its an important ruling it is a day to celebrate although with a caution in this is protections on employment but its not a blanket protection we still have. We still face discrimination in other areas in housing in public accommodations in access to health care so it is a great day but we recognize that its not a final decision and we still have a patchwork of local nondiscrimination policies and state nondiscrimination policies that allow us to. Face discrimination in other areas so when these are you saying we need more legislation then to protect the rights of the community in the u. S. Its not just more legislation because you reference that we are undergoing turmoil across the United States and black lives Matter Movement we cant have laws in place that prohibit discrimination but those laws are only as good ultimately as the people who enforce them and the willingness of americans to embrace them so we have hurdle has yet to. Be crossed. Dan people around the world hearing this news today it may be surprise that it was legal to fire someone for being gay you know even as recent as yesterday i mean isnt america supposed to be the country where these kinds of Protections Service role models for the rest of the world. And certainly you know as a former diplomat i used to spend a lot of time working on a range of human rights issues with partners and sometimes less than partners overseas and one of the things obviously that cheapens our voice abroad is when we arent living up to our standards at home so i think you know Chris Murphys senator from connecticut had a piece come out in Foreign Affairs today that was largely about the protests related to the black box Matter Movement in which ive been participating and many others have across the country and talking about how this this new push for civil rights is really good for the United States and our leadership in the world and i strongly agree with him and i think the decision today also helps on that front. Let me ask you to pick up on this you know we have seen what 21 days in a row of protests across the u. S. People demanding an end to racism and Police Brutality. Dan and ill ask these both of you this speak to me about how this how these things fit together i mean did the 1964 Civil Rights Act did it become a law that the country then ignored for the next 50 years where you say do. No the country did it had a serious impact that said as mayor parker alluded to even though it has been widely accepted as outlawing discrimination based on whether somebody is a man or woman we know that there is still sexism in the workplace that there is still gender discrimination in pay its in the United States and that remains a problem that needs to be addressed through the enforcement of these kinds of laws but i do think there is an overlap in the decision that came down today and the protests that are going on around the country yesterday in a number of cities including here in denver there were protests that the united in some sense the protests that are associated with pride with the black eyes Matter Movement the chance yesterday here in denver trans black lives matter and you know i think its really important for us to recognize that many times its the protests that start the movement that helps people enlarge their vision and be able to see in laws the principles that our country was founded on and make those principles apply to everybody who counts as human which is to say every person in this country and so i think you know one of the things that was interesting about the decision that came down today you mentioned that it was it was it was authored by one of the conservative justices that doesnt trump appointed the score such and he took a strict textural reading of the law he said the text of the law is clear and that discriminate discrimination against people is unlawful under this law and well im glad that thats what he saw in the law and i agree with him i think that it he wouldnt have been able to see that were it not for the movement of so many over so many decades and i think thats a good reminder of the importance of what were doing right now across the country and what do you say. To how these 2 things maybe are feeding off each other do you think the movement the protests against Police Brutality against greece is and will it be strengthened by a todays Supreme Court rule. Well thats a really interesting question i dont know whether that will be strengthened by this ruling what i believe is that were at a point a pivot point in American History in american politics where so many different strains of activism and intersectionality are coming together and people from across the political spectrum and people from different communities are saying we want to an america that recognizes the inherent worth and dignity of each of us and we want the institutions of American Life to respect that as well as i said earlier this is a ruling about employment which is absolutely critical because in order to have the dignity of work to support our so to be able to put food on the table in an america that doesnt always respect all of us this is a huge step forward but theres still more work to do and the as is then said the pro protests are important because they draw attention they expose the the the anger and the hurt and the frustration but they dont solve things what we need is now formal legislation to take this ruling and make sure that it permeates throughout our american employment system and then again still areas where discrimination happens that we need to address we need a comprehensive policy at the federal level to protect the l. G. B. T. Q. Community from discrimination in all aspects of our lives ok weve got about one minute left us both of us are with you in these are you satisfied with the cooperation that is taking place between the l. G. B. T. Community and black lives matter for example or should these communities be working together more. At this moment the most important thing is to recognize that black lives matter and to allow black community to stand up and speak out about what they need but we can always work more closely together and. I agree i mean you know i think what many of us are trying to do is figure out how we can learn from listen to and amplify the messages of black and brown voices around around the country one of the things that is a crucial urgency right now is the attacks on black trans women we have seen a number of murders this year this is it this is a growing problem and i think one of the things that we can all speak out about is the need for people to be safe safe in their bodies and so you know the lives of black trend trans women matter and we can say that the ultimate l. G. B. T. Q. Good and the black lines Matter Movement should be working together working for a common cause ok a nice parker former mayor of Houston Texas c. E. O. Of the gay and Lesbian Victory Fund and jay and bear with the kurdi endowment and former u. S. Ambassador to the o. S. C. E. To both of you thank you very much we appreciate your insights and your time tonight thank you. Cornell to another legal decision but this one will definitely need the approval of a president a court in the philippines has convicted the prominent journalist maria ressa of the crime of cyber liable she faces up to 6 years in prison and has valved to appeal to russia is a vocal critic of president rodriguez policies and media watchdogs say that the case represents a serious erosion of press freedom in the philippines. Award winning journalist maria ressa arriving in court in manila to learn her fate. The verdict guilty of cyber libel 482012 article her website rappler published linking a businessman to Human Trafficking and drug smuggling. Ressa once worked for c. N. N. And holds dual u. S. Philippine citizenship she says shes been devastated by the verdict which she sees as a part of a Government Campaign against her and her publication. Next year will be my 35th year as a journalist i began as a reporter in banking 86. 00 and i have worked so many countries around the world. Been shot at and threatened but never this kind of death by a 1000 cuts the case was closely watched as a test of press freedom under populist president would require. The court heard the libel complaint even though the article in question was published 4 months before the cybercrime law was enacted russia and rappler are not the only prominent Philippine Media to face problems with the authorities last month one of the countrys leading broadcasters was shut down Rights Groups when the country is entering dangerous territory it is indeed a very. You know many. Of the journalists. Who want. Or youre going to be net recit now faces a prison term of up to 6 years in spite of the verdict she vows not to be silenced. Or earlier we spoke with maria ressa shes currently on bail pending her appeal and we 1st asked her about what went through her mind as the judge found her guilty of cyber libel. It was an unexpected if you look at it in the context of the 8 criminal charges might face i had to post bail 8 times last year just to remain free. And then the slew of attacks against journalists in that has intensified with the shutdown of the largest broadcaster just last month. I suppose i walked in feeling in knowing that there could be a worst Case Scenario that would is even worse than this one and so what i listen to it i just i tried hard not to get angry and then to figure out how do we continue doing our jobs better given. This is a unique moment in history and were seeing a rise authoritarian populist sire leaders actions almost and youre seeing the attacks on. I dont think ive lived and then this is my 34th year im going to be a im an old journalist you know and and ive never seen anything like this ive worked in war zones i on for weeks but this is is a different time period and i feel like in my country at least were standing on the precipice and we must do all we had to protect press freedom which protects our democracy and it was maria ressa there speaking with us earlier today im joined now by Stephen Butler he is with the committee to protect journalists he joins me tonight from washington d. C. Seems good to have you on this show we just heard maria there saying that shes an old journalist and shes never seen anything like what shes seeing right now do you agree i mean how do you explain whats happening in the world right now the press freedom. Well i think of what the philippines in a sense is leading the charge that applying spiritus charges against journalists using twisting laws and the implementation of those laws to go after journalists who they disagree with youre certainly saying other instances of this across asia not not to such a high profile journalist as maria as you know merv maria has established yourself as one of the leading voices in asia but certainly in india and thailand malaysia cambodia you see that journalists are really on the cusp of government efforts to control what the press you know maria and she is she is this huge figure in the world of journalism knowing that what would you say is the probability then that she will indeed go to prison i mean does the committee to protect journalists think that that could really happen well youre right i do know maria she is and she is a unique person incredible high energy and good spirits of nearly never met anybody quite like her. I think and i think that the government of the philippines would suffer a great deal of sure in jail there would be tremendous International Pressure so im hopeful that we can apply that pressure and then we can apply reason. To prevent her from going to jail i mean the truth is the Philippine Government has already achieved their Main Objective by convicting her and that is to write another journalist to prevent them from reporting critically on the government so in a way i dont see why they havent a reason to move forward with this what we are calling for is for the government not to oppose the appeal stephen where do you where do you think the all of this pressure would come from are you talking about the United States or are you talking about europe. Both i think the European Union im aware that theyre already getting theyre looking to find ways to put pressure on the government the United States well to it wont come from the president which is very unfortunate but it will certainly come from the state department from the senate and the congress and the house of representatives and perhaps Vice President pence will speak out on this myriad shes been convicted of cyber libel. How probable do you see cyber liable becoming a part of this legal minefield that journalists are operating in right now well its happening in many countries i think part of the reason is you know most countries have libel laws and some of them are criminal libel so that if you commit libel you have to go to jail and this is something that we strongly strongly oppose everywhere but many of the laws are written in such a way that they didnt cover online speech so countries that introduce this and theyve done this in a pretty sloppy way just to give you an example the statute of limitations on libel laws in the philippines is one year this the cyber level it didnt actually mention anything about about statute of limitations so the so that the government has said well we have 5 years and up to 10 years within which you can file a claim which creates an enormous you know long tail of jeopardy for a journalist and is intimidating. Steve about that with the committee to protect journalists and fortunately were out of time stephen we appreciate your time tonight and your insights thank you. Thank you. Well people in europe are on the move again as more and more countries reopen their borders following their nationwide coronavirus lockdown because its freedom of movement has been restored between many countries like here along the border between france and germany and a high speed train bound for germany departed from paris today the e. U. s internal borders were largely closed in march following the corona virus outbreak. One a hughes state that has not reopened its borders yet is spain but the government now says that travel restrictions for most e. U. And showing an area of tourists will be lifted 10 days earlier than planned on june 21st and in a Pilot Project the Spanish Island of majorca is welcoming a select group of German Tourists to test new Public Health measures the 1st visitors took off from dusseldorf this morning and the hotels are limited to running it 50 percent occupancy and they will test the guests body temperatures as soon as they arrive. So the question remains why is majorca so desperate for German Tourists now and not waiting for travel restrictions to be lifted next week heres. Philip schultz on majorca. Its 1st of all a symbolic tro check and its a Big Marketing success for the islands off my art the government here in majorca has been lobbying for this project for many weeks and they had better be happy to know that it takes place even if its just for one week and not for 2 weeks they have been arguing that they are the tourism experts in spain they know best whats it doing here we can now test all the protocols all the security measures although i gin it measures before the rest of the country opens its borders and of course they were also looking for the Media Attention to deliver the message that my yard is safe for tourists again and says so far theyve been very successful with it when the 1st tourists arrived in the morning more than 30 journalists and camera people were robins almost at a red carpet shielding and some of the tourists told me that theyve been interviewed by more than 10 journalists during the day i was young philip shields there on my orca all right from spain to Mexico Mexico is struggling with the 1st wave of cope with 19 Health Officials there reporting thousands of new infections every day hundreds of fatalities the National Death toll currently stands at more than 146000 confirmed cases 17000 deaths we followed one 1st responder and the challenges that he faces on the front lines in mexico city. Hes going to jimmys now he can hardly breathe. He had a 38 degree fever and hasnt been able to stand for 3 days when taking him tough until i know the tough day for the Red Cross Team in mexico. Diego its one of team many. But getting the patient to the hospital when tappan different or their employers im sure they take him away he may never come back. To hurt diego leaves the man with a heavy heart. Isnt up a word of it is family ties are strong in mexico they prefer for someone to die with their loved ones even if they could be saved in a hospital up or some other committee but also. The pandemic has likely been at its peak here for blocks nobody knows for sure theres nitro Virus Testing its most of it was but its distressing not knowing how many are really infected so we wont know when this is going to end i never got. Another case of large families crammed in a small space our relatives are afraid of catching the virus. That diego explains that the man has pneumonia. If you do since hospitals are overcrowded gago can only take critical patients. If performance this one is stable. But files of mexicans are losing the battle the crime a turia working at full capacity well it if they have minutes to say goodbye. Showily hasnt taken a break for leaks. In mexico mortality rates are above average. Magic of it but ive never had to deal with so many dead people before its risky im scared because i have family. What in rages charlie is that many mexicans deny the coronavirus exists. At all so much been somewhat why dont people switch. Their brains if this keeps going on like this i dont know when it will end with that one as mexico battles the virus charlie and diego are each playing their part but theyre worried for the futures of their fellow citizens and their teams. Well the days almost done the conversation continues online join us on twitter and you can follow me at bridge golf t. V. 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