Vulnerable group in the Lgbt Community, may not be able to fully enjoy the progress. Take a look. According to a report by the Movement Advancement project, about one third of individuals that identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender come are people of color. As mainstream lgbt communities celebrate victories on the journey to equal rights, lgb out. This Group Becomes vulnerable to homophobic discrimination and racism, creating a vortex of injustice known as double discrimination. A host of disparities can emerge, says moyer bailey, assistant professor of gender and sexuality studies at northeastern university. One of the things lgbtq important issue. Issues of housing discrimination , poverty, unemployment, all of that perhaps is more pressing than the question of marriage. Karen the executive director of the Lawyers Committee for civil rights. The committee does a significant amount of antidiscrimination work to protect communities of color as well as people identifying ac
For the republican opposition. In an effort to keep a campaign promise, he announced a plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. President obama this is about closing a chapter in our history. Fernando then, he agreed to a temporary truce with his russian counterpart, vladimir putin, to halt all hostilities in syria. It could save lives. Fernando the Republican Leadership in congress and gop president ial candidates were quick to reject the president s initiatives. Senior senator lindsey graham, who until recently was a president ial candidate himself, is a member of the Armed Services and Judiciary Committees. He joins me from capitol hill. Senator graham, thank you for joining me. Sen. Graham thank you. Fernando sir, the president has announced a new plan to close guantanamo. What s your reaction . Sen. Graham it s not a plan, it doesn t designate where they would go, what legal status they or the house. Fernando and sir, do you have an alternative plan . What s the vision
Choice on who will become the republican and democratic nominee. Joining us today is james jennings, professor of emeritus cap tufts university, aaron o brien, professor of Political Science at humid boston, and paul weston on d, director of the institute for Asian American studies at the college of liberal arts also at umass boston. Let s jump right in. We have already seen the results in New Hampshire and iowa , but i wonder, these states are predominately white. Should they, in today s world, have so much influence, and immediate attention that comes along with it, in terms of picking president ial nominees . Should they . The answer is no. Do they . New hampshire and iowa is the American Election process on speed. The general election would set up a voting rules to discourage communities of color from voting. Iowa and New Hampshire put that on further display. Interest groups have undue influence. It is wildly unrepresentative, but it mirrors the way in which the general election i
Enough to run 10 miles. I could not do it, props for sure. One of the days you may want to stay longer in bed or good day to watch our newscast all morning long because we are under the gun for rain. The it is here. The it will continue throughout the morning and into the afternoon and pretty much entire week remains unsettled as we kick off the month of may. Let check out the temperature. 49 degrees. Light rain in the city with the overcast skies every where, light wind out of the east at 59 miles an hour. That keeps us cool. We will be stuck in the 50s. Storm scan three just lit up in green all across the region and it the is not a heavy rain but enough to slow things down and just that steady light nuisance rain all morning long. We may get a break from time to time throughout the afternoon but overall it is a rainy day. Steady rain during Morning Hours and may taper off to showers later today. Overall amount a half inch to threequarters of an inch through tonight. Watch out the for
With purpose. Reporter trumps Foreign Policy address at the may flower hotel in washington was a policy speeches, before heading off to indiana the site of next tuesdays primary. Clinton is looking ahead to the general election and is taking exception to trump as comment that she plays the would the men card. If fighting for Womens Health care and paid family leave, and equal pay is playing the womens card, then deal me in. Reporter Bernie Sanders is also in the indiana campaigning a head of next tuesdays vote. Craig boswell for cbs3 Eyewitness News. White house was placed on lock down earlier today, the Second Security scare at the executive mansion in 24 hours. Secret surface rested a man they say threw personal belongings over the north fence this morning. The complex then reopened after a two hour sweep of the ground did not turn up anything serious ordaining rust. The secret surface rested a man just yesterday for allegedly jumping over the white house fence. A wild night in phila