the tenth annual dodgers pride night ceremony took place an hour before the game. outside demonstratedders had signs calling, quote, anti-catholic hate. senior correspondent claude claudia claudia cowan with more. reporter: catholic protesters are counting last night s demonstration as a win. about 3400 fewer fanses attended dodgers pride night compared to last year, that according to the catholic league, one of many groups that called for the boycott of last night s game. though previously disinvited but then reinvited group of transand queer satirical nuns were honored with the award. the ceremony happened well before the team usually holds we game events. the dodgers said that was for safety reasons. relatively few fanses were in the stands to witness it. however, outside the stadium some 2,000 protesters blocked entrances and voiced their anger. [inaudible conversations] [speaking spanish] reporter: dodgers fans and people of faith said their issue wasn t with t
skaters who look different makes me feel more accepted in this environment. the goal is to show representation and to help support other skaters so that we have a corrective of people collective of people that know that this is a possibility, that this is something that people can do and it s not, it s not just for a certain group of people. anyone can be a part of it, and it s a great sport to be a part of. [applause] hi lighting highlighting one of the last frontiers of sports with you don t really see people of color at an elite level. so being able to sort of break through the glass ceiling and show that we can do it and celebrate that, i think, is a beautiful thing. [applause] mike: good story. secretary of tate tony blinken is enroute to china for a casual meeting with top officialses in beijing as china s been ramping up threats both in a asia and in
and i feel really lucky to skate with them because not a lot of people in the sport look like me. for many it is quite difficult. it s a very expensive sport, and, you know, there s not a lot of support for anyon sport. so just getting that support any role model, and so we have people that can get us into the spy seeing more representation in the sport. [applause] gives us a better perspective all the way up to the oldest, it actually gave them a great opportunity to showcase their talents from all different races. it s really empowering for a lot of skaters because i, like, when i go into the rink, it s a whole lot of monochrome [laughter] to put it simply. so being in a place where there s a lo ott a lot of